Leviticus 12:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

For a son or a daughter For the birth of either; but the purification was for herself, as appears from the following verses. A sin- offering Because of her ceremonial uncleanness, which required a ceremonial expiation.

Leviticus 12:6

6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the firsta year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: