Bible Verses

The priest shall then offer it to the Lord to make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law for the woman who gives birth to a child, male or female.

When the days of her purification are completed, whether for a son or daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a lamb born that year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

If she gives birth to a daughter, she shall be unclean for two weeks as in her menstruation. She shall wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.

then she shall wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She shall not touch anything consecrated nor enter the Sanctuary until her days of purification are complete.

On the eighth day, the child is to be circumcised;

 “Say to the Israelites: when a woman gives birth to a male child, she shall be unclean for seven days as in the days of her monthly period.

Childbirth The Lord spoke to Moses:

This law applies to all animals, birds, and creatures that move in water or crawl on land. Let everyone distinguish between the clean and the unclean, as well as between creatures that may be eaten and those that may not.

for I am the Lord who brought you from the land of Egypt so that I might be your God. Be holy because I am holy.