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Leviticus 12:2

12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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 she be unclean.

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“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.

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 she be unclean.

Speak to 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 she be unclean.

12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

What does Leviticus 12:2 mean?

Leviticus 12:2 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include דָבַר (dâbar), בֵּן (bên), יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl). It connects to 9 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Speakדָבַרdâbar/daw-bar'/H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
unto
the
childrenבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
of
Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
saying,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
If
a
womanאִשָּׁהʼishshâh/ish-shaw'/H802a woman
have
conceived
seed,זָרַעzâraʻ/zaw-rah'/H2232to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
and
bornיָלַדyâlad/yaw-lad'/H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
a
man
child:זָכָרzâkâr/zaw-kawr'/H2145properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
then
she
shall
be
uncleanטָמֵאṭâmêʼ/taw-may'/H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
sevenשֶׁבַעshebaʻ/sheh'-bah/H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
days;יוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
according
to
the
daysיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
of
the
separationנִדָּהniddâh/nid-daw'/H5079properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)
for
her
infirmityדָּוָהdâvâh/daw-vaw'/H1738to be sick (as if in menstruation)
shall
she
be
unclean.טָמֵאṭâmêʼ/taw-may'/H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

Commentary on Leviticus 12:2

HENRY_FULL · Leviticus 12:2
After the laws concerning clean and unclean food come the laws concerning clean and unclean persons; and the first is in this chapter concerning the ceremonial uncleanness of women in child-birth, ver. 1-5 . And concerning their purification from that uncleanness, ver. 6 , &c.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth

Genesis 3:16

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. to thy: or, subject to thy husband

Leviticus 15:19

And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. put: Heb. in her separation

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. can: Heb. will give

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Psalms 51:5

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. conceive: Heb. warm me

Luke 2:22

And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

Romans 5:12

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: for that: or, in whom

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 12:2.

Amos 7:17

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

Micah 5:3

Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

1 Samuel 4:20

And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. neither: Heb. set not her heart

Amos 7:14

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: sycomore: or, wild figs

Exodus 16:12

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.

Genesis 4:1

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. Cain: that is, Gotten, or, Acquired

Jonah 1:1

Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Jonah: Gr. Jonas

Jonah 4:10

Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: had pity: or, spared came: Heb. was the son of the night

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What does Leviticus 12:2 say?

Leviticus 12:2 (King James Version) reads: "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 she be unclean."

Is Leviticus 12:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 12:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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