Leviticus 12:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.”

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BSBPD

““Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Speak unto 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, A woman when she giveth seed, and hath born a male, then she hath been unclean seven days, according to the days of separation for her sickness she is unclean;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 12:2 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
  2. Genesis 3:16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
  3. Leviticus 5:3Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.
  4. Leviticus 12:5If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.
  5. Leviticus 15:19When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
  6. Leviticus 18:19You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
  7. Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
  8. Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
  9. Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
  10. Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
  11. Luke 2:22And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
  12. Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

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