0 Who chased the birds and beasts away from the dead bodies of her sons as they hung before the Lord?

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. Leviticus 12:5

Trivia: According to the Bible, a 20 to 60 year-old man is worth 50 shekels of silver. How much is a woman of the same age worth?

Who chased the birds and beasts away from the dead bodies of her sons as they hung before the Lord?


Rizpah

Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 2 Samuel 21:10

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