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She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If, 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. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’<span class="thinq"> </span>”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Cited in <a href="../luke/2.htm#24">Luke 2:24</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. 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