“ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ”
This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Leviticus 15:1 .
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 uncleannes...
spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14 .
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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 g...
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...
XII. (1) And the Lord spake unto Moses. — As the reason why God graciously addressed the regulation about the clean and unclean animals to Moses and Aaron conjointly (see Leviticus 11:1 ), no l...
THE UNCLEANNESS OF CHILD BEARING Leviticus 12:1-8 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...
Purification after Child-Bearing Leviticus 12:1-8 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,...
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 p...
CONTENTS The foregoing Chapter having stated what the divine law concerning clean and unclean food is, in this proceeds to lay down the law concerning the uncleanness of a woman in child-bearing. Th...
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... The laws in the preceding chapter were delivered both to Moses and Aaron, but what follows in this only to Moses; but inasmuch as the priest had a concern in it,...
From uncleanness contracted by the touching or eating of external things, he now comes to that uncleanness which ariseth from ourselves.
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 ),...
Ceremonial Purification. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Spea...
LEVITICUS CHAPTER 12 Laws touching the uncleanness of women in child-bearing. Of a son seven days, and her purification thirty-three days, Leviticus 12:1-4 . Of a daughter fourteen days, and her...
‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' Once again it is stressed that this command came from Yahweh through Moses. But when we consider Leviticus 11:1 and Leviticus 13:1 we must ask, why only to...
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 defilem...
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 Sav...
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 di...
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...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus 12:1