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In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nlt/leviticus/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> “If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them to purify her, and she will be ceremonially clean.” <a href="/esv/leviticus/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.” <a href="/bsb/leviticus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 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.’” <a href="/kjv/leviticus/12.htm">King James Bible</a> And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/12.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’ ” <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young doves, the one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’” <a href="/nasb/leviticus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’” <a href="/lsb/leviticus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’” <a href="/amp/leviticus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> If she cannot afford a lamb then she shall take two turtledoves or young pigeons, one as a burnt offering, the other as a sin offering; the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’” <a href="/csb/leviticus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But if she doesn’t have sufficient means for a sheep, she may take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.” <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But if she doesn&#8217t have sufficient means for a sheep, she may take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.&#8221 <a href="/asv/leviticus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean. <a href="/cev/leviticus/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> If she cannot afford a lamb, she can offer two doves or two pigeons, one as a sacrifice to please me and the other as a sacrifice for sin. <a href="/erv/leviticus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> If she cannot afford a lamb, she must use two mourning doves or two pigeons. One will be the burnt offering and the other the offering for sin. So the priest will make peace with the LORD for her, and she will be clean." <a href="/gnt/leviticus/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> If the woman cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two doves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering, and the priest shall perform the ritual to take away her impurity, and she will be ritually clean. <a href="/isv/leviticus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> If she cannot afford a goat, then two turtledoves or two young doves—one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering—will serve for him to make atonement for her, so that she becomes clean." <a href="/msb/leviticus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, 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.?? <a href="/net/leviticus/12.htm">NET Bible</a> If she cannot afford a sheep, then she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest is to make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.'" <a href="/nheb/leviticus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'" <a href="/wbt/leviticus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And if she shall not be able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. <a href="/web/leviticus/12.htm">World English Bible</a> If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons: the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And if her hand does not find the sufficiency of a sheep, then she has taken two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt-offering and one for a sin-offering, and the priest has made atonement for her, and she has been cleansed.” <a href="/ylt/leviticus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And if her hand find not the sufficiency of a sheep, then she hath taken two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, one for a burnt-offering, and one for a sin-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed.' <a href="/slt/leviticus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And if her hand shall not find the sufficiency of a sheep, and she took two turtle-doves or two sons of the dove; one for a burnt-offering, and one for sin: and the priest expiated for her, and she was clean.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And if her hand find not sufficiency, and she is not able to offer a lamb, she shall take two turtles, or two young pigeons, one for a holocaust, and another for sin: and the priest shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And if her hand has not obtained or been able to offer a lamb, she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons: one as a holocaust, and the other for sin. And the priest shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/12.htm">New American Bible</a> If, however, she cannot afford a lamb, she may take two turtledoves or two pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a purification offering. The priest shall make atonement for her, and thus she will again be clean. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> If she cannot afford a sheep, she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement on her behalf, and she shall be clean.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall bring two pigeons or two young turtledoves; the one for the sin offering and the other for the burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her and she shall be clean. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And if it does not come into her hands to bring a lamb, she shall take two pigeons or two offspring of doves, one for sin and one for a burnt peace offering, and the Priest shall atone for her and she shall be cleansed."' <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons: the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean. <a href="/sep/leviticus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And if she cannot afford a lamb, then shall she take two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, one for a whole-burnt-offering, and one for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be purified. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/12-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=2847" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/12.htm">Purification after Childbirth</a> …7And 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. 8<a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">But if</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">she cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: ṯim·ṣā (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To attain to, find. ">afford</a> <a href="/hebrew/1767.htm" title="1767: dê (N-msc) -- Sufficiency, enough. Of uncertain derivation; enough, used chiefly with preposition in phrases."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/7716.htm" title="7716: śeh (N-ms) -- Or sey; probably from sha'ah through the idea of pushing out to graze; a member of a flock, i.e. A sheep or goat.">a lamb,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wə·lā·qə·ḥāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">she shall bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·tê- (Number-fdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">two</a> <a href="/hebrew/8449.htm" title="8449: ṯō·rîm (N-fp) -- Turtledove. Or tor; probably the same as towr; a ring-dove, often as a term of endearment.">turtledoves</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">two</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">young</a> <a href="/hebrew/3123.htm" title="3123: yō·w·nāh (N-fs) -- Dove. Probably from the same as yayin; a dove.">pigeons,</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: lə·‘ō·lāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">for a burnt offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: wə·’e·ḥāḏ (Conj-w:: Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">and the other</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: lə·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">for a sin offering.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">Then the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/3722.htm" title="3722: wə·ḵip·per (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel.">will make atonement</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for her,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: wə·ṭā·hê·rāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">and she will be clean.’”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/luke/2-22.htm">Luke 2:22-24</a> And 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 / (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”), / and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.” <a href="/leviticus/5-7.htm">Leviticus 5:7</a> If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. <a href="/leviticus/14-21.htm">Leviticus 14:21-22</a> If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil, / and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. <a href="/leviticus/1-14.htm">Leviticus 1:14</a> If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon. <a href="/numbers/6-10.htm">Numbers 6:10</a> On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. <a href="/2_corinthians/8-12.htm">2 Corinthians 8:12</a> For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have. <a href="/matthew/8-4.htm">Matthew 8:4</a> Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.” <a href="/mark/12-42.htm">Mark 12:42-44</a> Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius. / Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury. / For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.” <a href="/luke/21-1.htm">Luke 21:1-4</a> Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, / and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. / “Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. ... <a href="/exodus/13-2.htm">Exodus 13:2</a> “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.” <a href="/exodus/13-12.htm">Exodus 13:12</a> you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD. <a href="/exodus/22-29.htm">Exodus 22:29-30</a> You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons. / You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me. <a href="/exodus/34-19.htm">Exodus 34:19-20</a> The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep. / You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed. <a href="/numbers/18-15.htm">Numbers 18:15-16</a> The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals. / You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs. <a href="/psalms/50-5.htm">Psalm 50:5</a> “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.she be not able to bring a lamb.<a href="/leviticus/1-14.htm">Leviticus 1:14</a> And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.<a href="/leviticus/5-7.htm">Leviticus 5:7</a> And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.<a href="/leviticus/14-22.htm">Leviticus 14:22</a> And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.make an atonement<a href="/leviticus/4-26.htm">Leviticus 4:26</a> And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/5-11.htm">Able</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-11.htm">Afford</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-6.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-6.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-7.htm">Doves</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-7.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/exodus/33-13.htm">Find</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-11.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-6.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">Means</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-7.htm">Money</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-6.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-11.htm">Pigeons</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-19.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-19.htm">Sin-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-11.htm">Suffice</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-8.htm">Sufficiency</a> <a href="/exodus/36-7.htm">Sufficient</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-11.htm">Turtledoves</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-11.htm">Turtle-Doves</a> <a href="/numbers/6-10.htm">Turtles</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-6.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Able</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-21.htm">Afford</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-18.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-52.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-22.htm">Doves</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-11.htm">Find</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-21.htm">Means</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-11.htm">Money</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-22.htm">Pigeons</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-2.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-3.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Sin-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-21.htm">Suffice</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-28.htm">Sufficiency</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-26.htm">Sufficient</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-22.htm">Turtledoves</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-22.htm">Turtle-Doves</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-29.htm">Turtles</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-22.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 12</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/12-1.htm">The purification of a woman after childbirth</a> 6. <a href="/leviticus/12-6.htm">Her offerings for her purifying</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The provision for those who could not afford a lamb demonstrates God's compassion and understanding of human circumstances. It reflects the principle that worship and atonement should be accessible to all, regardless of financial status. This inclusivity is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus commends the widow who gives two small coins (<a href="/mark/12-41.htm">Mark 12:41-44</a>).she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, Turtledoves and pigeons were common and inexpensive birds in ancient Israel, making them a practical alternative for those of lesser means. This provision ensured that everyone could participate in the sacrificial system. The use of birds for sacrifices is also seen in <a href="/genesis/15-9.htm">Genesis 15:9</a>, where God instructs Abram to bring birds as part of a covenant ritual. The birds symbolize purity and innocence, fitting for offerings to God.one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. The burnt offering signifies complete dedication to God, as the entire animal is consumed by fire (<a href="/leviticus/1-9.htm">Leviticus 1:9</a>). The sin offering, on the other hand, is for atonement and purification from sin (<a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm">Leviticus 4:20</a>). Together, these offerings represent both the worshiper's devotion and the need for reconciliation with God. This dual offering foreshadows the comprehensive atonement provided by Jesus Christ, who fulfills both roles as the ultimate sacrifice (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10-12</a>).Then the priest will make atonement for her, The priest acts as a mediator between the individual and God, performing the ritual to restore the woman's ceremonial purity. This role of the priest as an intercessor is a precursor to the high priestly ministry of Jesus, who intercedes for believers (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>). The concept of atonement is central to the sacrificial system, pointing to the ultimate atonement made by Christ on the cross.and she will be clean.’” Being declared clean allowed the woman to re-enter the community and participate fully in religious life. This cleansing is not just physical but also spiritual, symbolizing restoration and acceptance by God. The theme of cleansing is prevalent throughout Scripture, culminating in the cleansing from sin offered through Jesus' sacrifice (1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>). This purification process underscores the holiness required to approach God, a standard ultimately met in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai. He is the central figure in delivering God's commandments to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God to whom the laws in Leviticus were given. They are the community that is expected to follow these laws as part of their covenant relationship with God. 3. <a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a> The religious leaders responsible for performing sacrifices and rituals as outlined in Leviticus. They serve as mediators between God and the people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/temple/tabernacle.htm">Temple/Tabernacle</a> The sacred place where sacrifices and offerings were made. It represents God's presence among His people. 5. <a href="/topical/m/mary,_the_mother_of_jesus.htm">Mary, the mother of Jesus</a> In the New Testament, she follows the purification law after the birth of Jesus, highlighting the continuity of these practices into the New Testament era.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_law's_purpose.htm">Understanding the Law's Purpose</a> The laws in Leviticus, including those about purification, were given to set the Israelites apart as holy and to maintain a relationship with God. They point to the need for purity and holiness in our lives. <a href="/topical/p/provision_for_all.htm">Provision for All</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8</a> shows God's provision for those who are poor, allowing them to offer a less costly sacrifice. This reflects God's compassion and inclusivity, reminding us that He values the heart over material wealth. <a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_in_christ.htm">Fulfillment in Christ</a> The sacrificial system in Leviticus points forward to Jesus Christ, the ultimate sacrifice. Understanding this helps us appreciate the depth of Christ's work on the cross and the freedom we have in Him. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_worship.htm">Obedience and Worship</a> The laws remind us of the importance of obedience in our worship. True worship involves a heart aligned with God's will, not just external compliance. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_support.htm">Community and Support</a> The communal aspect of the law encourages us to support one another in our spiritual journeys, recognizing that we all have different resources and abilities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 12</a> <a href="/q/was_jesus_wealthy_in_his_lifetime.htm">Was Jesus financially wealthy during his lifetime?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_lev_12_8_reconcile_childbirth.htm">In Leviticus 12:8, how does the prescribed offering for atonement reconcile with the idea that childbirth is not a moral wrongdoing?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_leviticus_12_6-7_still_relevant.htm">Given that other Old Testament laws have been revised or replaced, why does Leviticus 12:6-7 still treat normal biological processes as sources of impurity?</a> <a href="/q/why_repeat_vows_for_accidental_defilement.htm">Numbers 6:9-12 -- Why would accidental defilement require repeating the entire vow and new sacrifices, suggesting a severe ritual focus that seems excessive?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) And if she be not able.--As a merciful provision for those who were too poor to bring a lamb, the law permits them to bring a turtle-dove or a pigeon for a burnt offering, provided only it is the same kind of bird as the one brought for a sin offering; that is, they must either be both turtle-doves or both pigeons, and not one turtle-dove and one pigeon. Turtle-doves and pigeons were plentiful and cheap in Palestine (see <a href="/leviticus/1-14.htm" title="And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.">Leviticus 1:14</a>). It was therefore the poor woman's sacrifice which the mother of our Lord offered, when, in accordance with this commutation, she offered a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons, on presenting herself for purification at the Temple with the child Jesus, on the expiration of the prescribed term of uncleanness (<a href="/luke/2-24.htm" title="And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.">Luke 2:24</a>), and the priest, after sprinkling her with the blood of the humble sacrifice, declared her cleansed.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - If she be not able to bring a lamb. A concession is made to poverty, which in later times appears to have been largely acted on. It was, as we know, taken advantage of by the mother of our Lord (<a href="/luke/2-24.htm">Luke 2:24</a>). <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/12-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But if וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not she cannot לֹ֨א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no afford תִמְצָ֣א (ṯim·ṣā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present a lamb, שֶׂה֒ (śeh) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7716.htm">Strong's 7716: </a> A member of a, flock, a sheep, goat she shall bring וְלָקְחָ֣ה (wə·lā·qə·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take two שְׁתֵּֽי־ (šə·tê-) Number - fdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> Two (a cardinal number) turtledoves תֹרִ֗ים (ṯō·rîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8449.htm">Strong's 8449: </a> A ring-dove, a term of endearment or א֤וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if two שְׁנֵי֙ (šə·nê) Number - mdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> Two (a cardinal number) young בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son pigeons, יוֹנָ֔ה (yō·w·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3123.htm">Strong's 3123: </a> A dove one אֶחָ֥ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first for a burnt offering לְעֹלָ֖ה (lə·‘ō·lāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering and the other וְאֶחָ֣ד (wə·’e·ḥāḏ) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first for a sin offering. לְחַטָּ֑את (lə·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender Then the priest הַכֹּהֵ֖ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest will make atonement וְכִפֶּ֥ר (wə·ḵip·per) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3722.htm">Strong's 3722: </a> To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel for her, עָלֶ֛יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against and she will be clean.’” וְטָהֵֽרָה׃ (wə·ṭā·hê·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> To be clean or pure <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-8.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 12:8 If she cannot afford a lamb then (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 12:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 12:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>