Lev 12–15. Ceremonial Purifications The Purifications of the Law fall under three heads; (1). Those for defilement arising from secretions; (2). Those for the leprosy; (3). Those for pollution from corpses. The first and second classes are described in these chapters; the last, as relates to hu... [ Continue Reading ]
This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Leviticus 15:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
On circumcision, see Genesis 17:5 note.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Levitical law ascribed impurity exclusively to the mother, in no degree to the Child.... [ Continue Reading ]
Some have thought that this doubling of each of the two periods was intended to remind the people of the fact that woman represents the lower side of human nature, and was the first to fall into temptation. 1 Timothy 2:13; 1 Peter 3:7. The ancients had a notion that the mother suffers for a longer t... [ Continue Reading ]
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.” This expression is supposed to mean one less than a year old, while the “son of a year” is one that... [ Continue Reading ]