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Verse Leviticus 12:2. _IF A WOMAN HAVE CONCEIVED_] In the extent
mentioned here the ordinances of this chapter have little relation to
us: and to inquire into their physical reasons, as far as they r...
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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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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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CHILDREN. Hebrew sons.
SEVEN DAYS. See note on Leviticus 12:5.
ACCORDING TO THE DAYS. Compare Leviticus 15:19....
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Compare Genesis 17:12; Exodus 22:29-30; Luke 1:59; Philippians 3:5.
Reference is here made to the regulation of...
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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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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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IF A WOMAN HAVE CONCEIVED SEED. — Rather, _if a woman bringeth forth
seed,_ that is, is delivered of a child. (See Genesis 1:11; Genesis
1:29.) This general statement is afterwards specified by the ph...
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דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל ־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵ
אמֹ֔ר אִ
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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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Child. By this manner of expressing himself, Moses excludes the
blessed Virgin, as the ancient fathers and the moderns generally
remark. She conceived without concupiscence, and was subject to none
of...
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The period of separation both from civil and religious communion, in
time of child-bearing was very strict: and is observed by the Jews
with equal strictness in the present hour. And the law of separa...
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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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2._If a woman have conceived seed. _This ceremony had reference to two
points; for, first, the Jews were reminded by it of the common
corruption of our nature; and _secondly, _the remedy of the evil w...
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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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SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... For this law only concerned
them, and not other nations of the world:
IF A WOMAN HAVE CONCEIVED SEED; by lying with a man, and so becomes
pregnant, and goes on...
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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived
seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days;
according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall s...
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_Seven days_ Not for any filthiness which was either in the
conception, or in bringing forth, but to signify the universal and
deep pollution of man's nature, even from the birth, and from the
concept...
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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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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, if a woman have conceived
seed, brought forth bodily issue, AND BORN A MAN CHILD, a boy, THEN
SHE SHALL BE UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS, this being the time of her per...
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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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From uncleanness contracted by the touching or eating of external
things, he now comes to that uncleanness which ariseth from ourselves.
SHE SHALL BE UNCLEAN; not for any filthiness which was either i...
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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 12:2 Speak H1696 (H8761) children H1121 Israel H3478 saying
H559 (H8800) woman H802 conceived H2232 ...
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“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed,
and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days, as in the
days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean.”
Fi...
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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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Genesis 1:28; Genesis 3:16; Job 14:4; Job 15:14; Job 25:4;...
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Seven days — Not for any filthiness which was either in the
conception, or in bringing forth, but to signify the universal and
deep pollution of man's nature, even from the birth, and from the
concept...