Leviticus 12:2

New Living Translation

“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period.

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

Genesis 3:16

Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.”

2 Samuel 11:4

Then David sent messengers to get her; and when she came to the palace, he slept with her. She had just completed the purification rites after having her menstrual period. Then she returned home.

Job 14:4

Who can bring purity out of an impure person? No one!

Job 15:14

Can any mortal be pure? Can anyone born of a woman be just?

Job 25:4

How can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone born of a woman be pure?

Psalm 51:5

For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.

Leviticus 12:1

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 12:5

If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. After waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth.

Leviticus 15:19

“Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 18:19

“Do not have sexual relations with a woman during her period of menstrual impurity.

Leviticus 5:3

“Or suppose you unknowingly touch something that makes a person unclean. When you realize what you have done, you must admit your guilt.

Luke 2:22

Then it was time for their purification offering, as required by the law of Moses after the birth of a child; so his parents took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.