1And the
Lord spoke to Moses and said,
2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say, ‘If a woman conceives and gives birth to a male, she will be unclean for seven days. She will be unclean as for the days of the sickness of her menstrual impurity.
3And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4Then she shall remain for thirty-three days in the blood of
her purification. She shall not touch any holy thing, and she shall not go to the sanctuary until the completion of the days of her purification.
5And if she gives birth to a female, she will be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstrual impurity, and she will remain for sixty-six days in the blood of
her purification.
6And when the days of her purification have been completed, for a son or for a daughter, she will bring to the priest a one-year-old lamb as a burnt offering, and
a young pigeon or a turtle-dove, as a sin-offering, at the entrance to the tent of contact.
7And he will offer it in the presence of the
Lord, and he will atone for her, and she shall be clean of the issue of her blood. This
is the law of her who gives birth to a male or a female.
8And if she
cannot afford a lamb, she will take two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin-offering, and the priest will atone for her, and she will be clean.’ ”
Reference(s) in Chapter 12: v.6 ↔ Luke 2:24.