Leviticus

Leviticus sets out offerings, priestly duties, purity laws, the Day of Atonement, and the call to be holy. It shows that access to God is by sacrifice and that everyday life is to reflect his character.

Author: Moses (traditional)
Date: c. 1446–1406 BC
Theme: Holiness: how a redeemed people live with a holy God.
Key verses: Leviticus 16:30; Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 19:18
Young's Literal Translation

Leviticus 12

1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 2`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, A woman when she giveth seed, and hath born a male, then she hath been unclean seven days, according to the days of separation for her sickness she is unclean; 3and in the eighth day is the flesh of his foreskin circumcised; 4and thirty and three days she doth abide in the blood of her cleansing; against any holy thing she doth not come, and unto the sanctuary she doth not go in, till the fulness of the days of her cleansing. 5`And if a female she bear, then she hath been unclean two weeks, as in her separation; and sixty and six days she doth abide for the blood of her cleansing. 6`And in the fulness of the days of her cleansing for son or for daughter she doth bring in a lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin-offering, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, unto the priest; 7and he hath brought it near before Jehovah, and hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who is bearing, in regard to a male or to a female. 8`And if her hand find not the sufficiency of a sheep, then she hath taken two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, one for a burnt-offering, and one for a sin-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed.'

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