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| Leviticus 12 |
(12:1-8) "She shall be unclean."
Women are dirty and sinful after childbirth, so God prescribes rituals for their purification. (And baby girls make them twice as
sinful and dirty as baby boys do.)
(12:2, 4) "If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child:
then she shall be unclean seven days ... And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days."
If a boy is born, the mother
is unclean for 7 days and must be purified for 33 days.
(12:3)
"In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised."
Is circumcision required?
(12:5) "But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks ... and she shall continue in the
blood of her purifying threescore and six days."
If a girl is born, the mother is unclean for 14 days and be purified for 66 days. This is because,
in the eyes of God, girls are twice as dirty as boys.
| | 12:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
| | 12:2
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.
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And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
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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.
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But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her
separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
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And when the days of
her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a
lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or dove, for a sin
offering, unto the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation, unto the priest: |
(12:6)
"She shall bring a lamb ... for a burnt offering, and... a young pigeon, or dove, for a sin offering."
After a woman gives birth, a priest must kill a lamb, pigeon, or dove as a
sin offering. This is because having children is sinful and God likes it when things are killed for
him.
Is childbearing sinful?
(12:7)
"She shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood."
(12:8) "If she be not able
to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons ... and she shall be clean."
| | 12:7
Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed
from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born
a male or a female.
| | 12:8
And if she be not able
to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the
one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest
shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
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- Dwindling in Unbelief
- Mothers are dirty and sinful
(according to the Bible anyway)
- The Bible Slam
- Leviticus 12
- Slate Blogs the Bible by David Plotz
- Proof That God Loves Bald Men!
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