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Verse Leviticus 12:6. _WHEN THE DAYS OF HER PURIFYING_] It is not
easy to account for the difference in the times of purification, after
the birth of a male and female child. After the birth of a _bo...
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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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SHE SHALL BRING. As Mary did. Luke 2:22.
DOOR. entrance.
TABERNACLE. tent. Hebrew. _'ohel_. App-40....
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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)...
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FOR A BURNT-OFFERING—FOR A SIN-OFFERING— The _burnt-offering_ was
by way of gratitude to God for her safe deliverance; the
_sin-offering_ to complete her purification, and to gain her perfect
re-admis...
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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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12:6 lamb (a-22) Or 'a lamb of the first year,' as elsewhere....
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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 WHEN THE DAYS... — Having described in the previous verses the
conditions of defilement arising from childbirth, the legislator now
prescribes the offerings to be brought for the purification of t...
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וּ בִ מְלֹ֣את ׀ יְמֵ֣י טָהֳרָ֗הּ לְ
בֵן֮
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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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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-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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And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a
daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt
offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering,...
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_Lamb, to thank God for her happy delivery. --- Sin, or uncleanness,
which was esteemed a legal offence. Perhaps this sacrifice was also
designed to expiate the sins she might have fallen into, (Menoc...
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Observe, both a burnt offering and a sin offering were enjoined, the
one to denote GOD'S mercy, the other man's demerit. Psalms 51:5....
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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 WHEN THE DAYS OF HER PURIFYING ARE FULFILLED, FOR A SON, OR FOR A
DAUGHTER,.... For a son forty days, and for a daughter eighty; but the
ancient Jews formerly, that they might not break it, ordere...
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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 of the first year for a burnt
offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering,...
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Lev. 12:6. "She shall bring a young pigeon or a turtle dove;" which
typifies repentance as well as love. Ezekiel 7:16. "They shall be as
doves in the valleys, each one mourning for his iniquity." This...
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_For a son or a daughter_ For the birth of either; but the
purification was for herself, as appears from the following verses. _A
sin- offering_ Because of her ceremonial uncleanness, which required a...
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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 when the days of her purification are fulfilled, for a son or for
a daughter, that is, depending upon the fact whether it was a boy or a
girl that had been born, SHE SHALL BRING A LAMB OF THE FIRS...
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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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FIRST YEAR:
_ Heb._ son of his year...
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FOR A SON, OR FOR A DAUGHTER; for the birth of a son, or of a
daughter; but the purification was for herself, as appears from the
following verses. FOR A SIN-OFFERING; either because of her ceremonial...
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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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“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 whole burnt
offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a purification f...
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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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1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 1:19; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 7:26; John 1:2
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For a son or a daughter — For the birth of a son, or of a daughter:
but the purification was for herself, as appears from the following
verses. A sin — offering — Because of her ceremonial uncleanness...
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If motherhood was so blessed by God, why did mothers have to bring a
sacrifice to God to expiate for having children?
PROBLEM: The Bible exalts the position of motherhood saying, “Your
wife shall be l...