Leviticus 12:1 King James Version (KJV)

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,


Leviticus 12:1 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

1 And the LORD H3068 spake H1696 unto Moses, H4872 saying, H559


Leviticus 12:1 American Standard (ASV)

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


Leviticus 12:1 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,


Leviticus 12:1 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,


Leviticus 12:1 World English Bible (WEB)

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,


Leviticus 12:1 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

1 And the Lord said to Moses,

Commentary on Leviticus 12 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


CHAPTER 12

Le 12:1-8. Woman's Uncleanness by Childbirth.

2. If a woman, &c.—The mother of a boy was ceremonially unclean for a week, at the end of which the child was circumcised (Ge 17:12; Ro 4:11-13); the mother of a girl for two weeks (Le 12:5)—a stigma on the sex (1Ti 2:14, 15) for sin, which was removed by Christ; everyone who came near her during that time contracted a similar defilement. After these periods, visitors might approach her though she was still excluded from the public ordinances of religion [Le 12:4].

6-8. the days of her purifying—Though the occasion was of a festive character, yet the sacrifices appointed were not a peace offering, but a burnt offering and sin offering, in order to impress the mind of the parent with recollections of the origin of sin, and that the child inherited a fallen and sinful nature. The offerings were to be presented the day after the period of her separation had ended—that is, forty-first for a boy, eighty-first for a girl.

8. bring two turtles, &c.—(See on Le 5:6). This was the offering made by Mary, the mother of Jesus, and it affords an incontestable proof of the poor and humble condition of the family (Lu 2:22-24).