Leviticus 12:6

Translations

Modern

When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

Traditional

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 a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

Literal

And in the fulfilling of the days of her purification, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring near a lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt offering, and a son of a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest.

Latin

Cumque expleti fuerint dies purificationis suæ, pro filio sive pro filia, deferet agnum anniculum in holocaustum, et pullum columbæ sive turturem pro peccato, ad ostium tabernaculi testimonii, et tradet sacerdoti,

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English

When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

Notes

Leviticus 12:6

sin offering: The Hebrew word is the same as the sin offering (khatta’t, see study note on Leviticus 4:1–5:13). Some scholars think this offering was only for purification or decontamination, including cases mentioned in Leviticus 5:1–6.

This offering here was part of a purification ceremony. But it is more probable that the sin offering addressed a lack or failure. In this context, the focus is on purity rather than sin. It is meant to restore the woman to community fellowship, not to forgive a sinner.

Leviticus 12:1–8

These verses explain the rules about childbirth. Any bodily discharge, including blood, was "abnormal" because it weakened the person and made them ceremonially unclean (see study notes on Leviticus 5:3; 11:1–15:33). These verses focus on the discharge that comes with childbirth, not childbirth itself (12:2, 5, 7). The uncleanness was not sinful unless they ignored it and it came into contact with something holy (see 5:2–3).

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes Clean, Unclean, and Holy

Related verses

Luke 2:22
And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
1 Peter 1:18–19
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Leviticus 15:29
On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Leviticus 15:14
On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.
Leviticus 1:10–13
If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
Numbers 6:10
On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Leviticus 12:2
“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
Hebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Leviticus 5:6–10
…and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
Leviticus 14:22
…and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Cleanness and Uncleanness, Regulations Concerning Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Law of Moses Leviticus, Book of Medicine and Medical Practice Offerings and Sacrifices Pigeon Worship

Topics

Animal Sacrifices Atonement: Made by Animal Sacrifices Birds: Clean: Pigeon Defilement: Caused by Childbirth Offerings: Sin: Ordinances Concerning Purification for Women: After Childbirth The Burnt offering: At Purification of Women Trespass offering: Special Occasions of offering: Purification of Women Turtle Dove: Prescribed for Purification of Women

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