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Verse Leviticus 12:3. _AND IN THE EIGHTH DAY_] Before this time the
child could scarcely be considered as having strength sufficient to
bear the operation; after this time it was not necessary to del...
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This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of
Leviticus. See the note to Leviticus 15:1....
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On circumcision, see Genesis 17:5 note....
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2. CHILDBIRTH LAWS AND INHERITED SIN
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. The man-child (Leviticus 12:1)_
2. The maid-child (Leviticus 12:5)
3. The offerings (Leviticus 12:6)
The childbirth laws as containe
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LEVITICUS 12. UNCLEANNESS AFTER CHILDBIRTH AND CIRCUMCISION. The
period of uncleanness lasts twice as long after the birth of a girl
(see on Leviticus 11). After the first week, when the uncleanness m...
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CIRCUMCISED. See note on "leprosy", Leviticus 13:2....
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C. 2. LAWS OF PURIFICATION AFTER CHILDBIRTH 12:1-8
a. THE PERIOD OF CEREMONIAL UNCLEANNESS AFTER CHILDBIRTH 12:1-5
TEXT 12:1-5
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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the children of...
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_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ Mankind are not only liable
to defilement from without, but have internal causes of pollution
lying deep in their nature. And hence, the laws which were given...
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Cp. Genesis 17:10. The purifications prescribed in this chapter are
for the mother alone and not for the child, who does not seem to have
been regarded as unclean, unless the rite of circumcision invo...
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UNCLEANNESS CONNECTED WITH CHILDBIRTH
The functions of reproduction are in early stages of religion regarded
with superstitious dread. The enactments in this chapter and the
related regulations in Le...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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AND IN THE EIGHTH DAY. — When the seven days had passed by during
which the mother remained un clean, the boy is to be circumcised,
since on the eighth day the first period of her extreme state of
imp...
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וּ בַ † יֹּ֖ום הַ שְּׁמִינִ֑י
יִמֹּ֖ול...
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THE UNCLEANNESS OF CHILD BEARING
Leviticus 12:1
THE reference in Leviticus 12:2 to the regulations given in Leviticus
15:19, as remarked in the preceding chapter, shows us that the author
of these la...
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THE ORDINANCE OF CIRCUMCISION
Leviticus 12:3
"And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be
circumcised."
Although the rite of circumcision here receives a new and special
sanction, it ha...
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PURIFICATION AFTER CHILD-BEARING
Leviticus 12:1
The birth of a boy involved seven days' ceremonial defilement; of a
girl, fourteen. Not the child, but the mother, was adjudged to be
unclean, securing...
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In this brief section, which deals with the beginning of life, the
religious aspect of childbirth is most unquestionably the permanent
value. The separation of the woman from the congregation for a pe...
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_Eighth. Nothing but the child's health could retard the day, (Calmet)
unless the parents were under the necessity of taking a journey, as
they were in the desert, &c. (Haydock)_...
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The Jews were careful to observe this eighth day, Genesis 17:11....
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The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as
Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very
starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ
our...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Priesthood being established, there comes the discernment between holy
things and profane, and the judgment of defilements (chaps. 11-15),
and wha...
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AND IN THE EIGHTH DAY THE FLESH OF HIS FORESKIN SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED.
Or the foreskin of his flesh, that is, of the man child born according
to the law, Genesis 17:12 and this seems to furnish out a r...
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And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Ver. 3. _And in the eighth day._] _See Trapp on "_ Gen 17:13 _"_ _See
Trapp on "_ Gen 17:14 _"_...
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1 The purification of women after childbirth.
6 Her offerings for her purifying.
1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If a [NOTE: Leviticus
15:19.]...
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LAWS CONNECTED WITH CHILDBIRTH
Every child born into the world adds to the sin that was first
introduced by the woman. Yet God had told Adam and Eve to “be
fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28), and t...
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Which law is here repeated, because the woman's uncleanness lasting
for seven days, was one, though not the only, reason why the child's
circumcision was put off till the eighth day....
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This brief section reads out to us, after its own peculiar fashion,
the double lesson of "man's ruin and God's remedy." But though the
fashion is peculiar, the lesson is most distinct and impressive....
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Leviticus 12:3 eighth H8066 day H3117 flesh H1320 foreskin H6190
circumcised H4135 (H8735)...
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“And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be
circumcised.”
At the stage in fact when this law was first communicated,
circumcision could not take place. It would have been unwise while
co...
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CONTENTS: The law of motherhood.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: All are conceived and born in sin (Psalms 51:5) for, if
the root be impure, so is the branch. It is only by Christ, the great
sin...
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Leviticus 12:2. _Speak unto the children of Israel:_ that every man
may convey the law to his wife, and assist in the ceremony of
purification.
Leviticus 12:3. _Circumcised._ To this law our Saviour...
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_She shall Be unclean._
BIRTH-SIN AND ITS DEVELOPMENTS
The theme of the chapter is the same as that of the one preceding and
the one following. The subject is sin, portrayed by symbols. In the
divisi...
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 12:1__ A WOMAN who has just given birth
is considered UNCLEAN because of loss of blood. Three steps are
required to become clean again. The time of purification for the
mot...
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Maternity
SUGGESTIVE READINGS
Leviticus 12:2.—If a woman hath conceived … she shall be unclean.
Thus at the very entrance into life uncleanness clings to us. Not a
child is born without defilement su...
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EXPOSITION
UNCLEANNESS DERIVED FROM CHILDBIRTH.
As there is a natural disgust felt for some kinds of food, which
serves as a foundation for the precepts of the last chapter, so there
is an instinct w...
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In chapter twelve, the Lord now deals with a woman who has born a
child. And if it's
a male child: she shall be unclean for seven days; after the birth of
the child the separation from her infirmity....
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Colossians 2:11; Deuteronomy 30:6; Galatians 3:17; Galatians 5:3;...