Leviticus 12 - Introduction
Leviticus 12:1-8. Purification after Childbirth For the connexion between this chapter and Leviticus 15:19-30 see _Introd._p. xix.... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 12:1-8. Purification after Childbirth For the connexion between this chapter and Leviticus 15:19-30 see _Introd._p. xix.... [ Continue Reading ]
These precepts are addressed to Moses only.... [ Continue Reading ]
Compare Genesis 17:12; Exodus 22:29-30; Luke 1:59; Philippians 3:5. Reference is here made to the regulation of Leviticus 15:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
The time of purification after the birth of a female was twice as long as that after a male. The belief that the birth of a girl was more dangerous for the mother than the birth of a boy prevailed among ancient nations, who considered that hostile supernatural beings were more to be feared in these... [ Continue Reading ]
At the end of her purification she was to bring an offering. The alternative of a pigeon for the lamb of the Burnt-Offering is allowed in Leviticus 1:14 and also in the Sin-Offering (Leviticus 5:7-10), but the further alternative of a Meal-Offering (Leviticus 5:11-13) is not found here. The Virgin M... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]