"Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be uncle…" — Leviticus 12:2

Leviticus 12:2 · KJV

“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.”

— Leviticus 12:2

Verse 1

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Verse 3

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Leviticus 12 — Context

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

Cross References

Luke 2:22

And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present {him} to the Lord;

Leviticus 15:19

And if a woman have an issue, {and} her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. {put...: Heb. in her separation}

Job 15:14

What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Romans 5:12-19

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: {for that: or, in whom}

Job 25:4

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean {that is} born of a woman?

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one. {can...: Heb. will give}

Leviticus 18:19

Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

Genesis 3:16

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire {shall be} to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. {to thy...: or, subject to thy husband}