Purification after Childbirth
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days, just like she is during the days of her monthly period. 3 On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 She shall continue in the blood of purification for 33 days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification are fulfilled. 5 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, just like she is during her period, and she shall continue in the blood of purification for 66 days.
6 When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering. 7 He shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her. Then she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood.
This is the law for a woman who has given birth to either a male or a female child.
8 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.’ ”