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Verse Leviticus 12:8. _AND IF SHE BE NOT ABLE TO BRING A LAMB, THEN
SHE_ _SHALL BRING TWO TURTLES, OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS_] As the Virgin
Mary brought only the latter, hence it is evident that she _was...
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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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The sacrificial act expressed an acknowledgment of sin and a
dedication of herself to Yahweh. See Leviticus 8:14.
Leviticus 12:6
OF THE FIRST YEAR - literally, as in the margin, “a son of his
year.”...
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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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TWO TURTLES. See Luke 2:22; Luke 2:24, and compare 2 Corinthians 8:9....
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_if her means suffice not for a lamb_ -if she be not able to bring,"
A.V. Its mg. -If her hand find not sufficiency of," is the literal
rendering of the Heb....
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IF SHE BE NOT ABLE TO BRING A LAMB, THEN SHE SHALL BRING TWO
TURTLES— See note on ch. Leviticus 5:7, &c. The mother of our
blessed LORD was in so humble a state of life as to be able only to
bring thi...
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b. THE OFFERINGS PRESCRIBED FOR CEREMONIAL CLEANSING 12:6-8
TEXT 12:6-8
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And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a
daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burn...
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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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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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Cp. Luke 2:24, which shows that the Virgin Mary offered the poor
woman's sacrifice....
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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AND IF SHE BE NOT ABLE. — As a merciful provision for those who were
too poor to bring a lamb, the law permits them to bring a turtle-dove
or a pigeon for a burnt offering, provided only it is the sam...
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וְ אִם ־לֹ֨א תִמְצָ֣א יָדָהּ֮ דֵּ֣י
שֶׂה֒
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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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PURIFICATION AFTER CHILD BIRTH
Leviticus 12:4
"And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty
days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary,
until the da...
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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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Lamb. This was the case of the blessed Virgin: (Luke ii. 24,); so poor
was she! (Menochius) --- It seems difficult to conceive, how all the
women of Palestine could present themselves before the taber...
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Observe, though difference of circumstances made allowance for the
difference of gifts in the burnt-offering, yet there was none for the
sin-offering; meaning that in sin both great and small, high an...
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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 IF SHE BE NOT ABLE TO BRING A LAMB,.... As everyone was not in
circumstances sufficient to be at the expense of buying a lamb for
this purpose, having none of their own:
THEN SHE SHALL BRING TWO...
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And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two
turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the
other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement...
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The morality of this law obliges women who have received mercies from
God in child-bearing, with all thankfulness to acknowledge his
goodness to them, owning themselves unworthy of it, and (which is t...
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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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And if she be not able to bring a lamb, if her poverty is such as to
make it impossible for her to afford a lamb, THEN SHE SHALL BRING TWO
TURTLES (turtledoves) OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS; THE ONE FOR THE B...
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The Purification after Childbirth....
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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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SHE BE NOT ABLE TO BRING:
_ Heb._ her hand find not sufficiency of...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 12:8 bring H4672 (H8799) H1767 H3027 lamb H7716 bring H3947
(H8804) two H8147 turtledoves...
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“And if her means do not suffice for a lamb, then she shall take two
turtledoves, or two young pigeons, the one for a whole burnt offering,
and the other for a purification for sin offering: and the p...
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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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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 12:8 LAMB... TWO TURTLEDOVES. Compare
Leviticus 5:11; and Luke 2:
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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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2 Corinthians 8:9; Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 14:22; Leviticus 15:14;...