Purification After Childbirth

12 Then[fn] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites,[fn] saying, ‘When a woman becomes pregnant and she gives birth to a male,[fn] then[fn] she shall be unclean seven days—as in the time of her menstrual bleeding, she shall become unclean. 3 And on the eighth day his foreskin’s flesh shall be circumcised. 4 And for thirty-three days she shall stay in the blood of her cleansing; she must not touch any holy object, and she may not come to the sanctuary until the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing. 5 But[fn] if she gives birth to a female,[fn] then[fn] she shall be unclean for two weeks as in her menstruation, and for sixty-six days she shall stay through[fn] the blood of her cleansing. 6 And at the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing, whether for a son or for a daughter, she must bring to the priest at the tent of assembly’s entrance a yearling[fn] male lamb as a burnt offering and young dove[fn] or a turtledove as a sin offering. 7 And the priest shall present it before[fn] Yahweh, and he shall make atonement for her, so that[fn] she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the regulation of childbearing[fn] for the male[fn] or for the female.[fn] 8 And if she cannot afford[fn] a sheep,[fn] then[fn] she shall take two turtledoves or two young doves[fn]—one as a burnt offering and one as a sin offering—and the priest shall make atonement for her, so that[fn] she shall be clean.’ ”