Leviticus 12:2 …A women who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.
Many of the things that I have read about Leviticus talks about how the laws in this book helped the Jewish people to be healthier than other cultures, allowing them to live longer lives. Commentary on Leviticus 12 suggests similar benefits from the imposed isolation of mother and child after birth. There was also mention of the benefit of the bonding time that that isolation allows the new family.
Leviticus 12:3 On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised.
There are wide opinions, however, about the requirement for the sin offering at the end of the days of purification. One source says the sin offering was required because God wanted all to remember “that with every birth another sinner was brought into the world.” Another source very clearly delineates evidence as to why the sin offering is required simply because of the issuance of blood during birth. Quite a range of opinions on the matter.
Leviticus 12:4 Then the women must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding….
Lord, Thank You for this day, for this scripture, for Your desire to have Your people healthy and in communion with You. Continue to give me wisdom and understanding as I seek a closer relationship with You through Your word. Draw me closer. Amen.
Leviticus 12:5 If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.
Have a blessed day.
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