Leviticus 12:1

And the Lord spake with Mosheh saying:

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2Speak with the children of Israel, saying: A woman, when she hath conceived and borne a male child, shall be unclean seven days; according to the days for the removal of her uncleanness, (or, her seclusion from her uncleanness,) she shall be unclean.

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:21And the man who toucheth anything unclean, whether the uncleanness of man or the uncleanness of beast, or of any unclean reptile, and eateth of the flesh of sacrifices consecrated before the Lord, that man shall perish form his people.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 12:1

After the laws concerning clean and unclean food come the laws concerning clean and unclean persons; and the first is in this chapter concerning the ceremonial uncleanness of women in child-birth, ver. 1-5 . And concerning their purification from that uncleanness, ver. 6 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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