Leviticus 12

¹The Lord spoke to Moses , saying ,

²Speak to the people of Israel , saying , If a woman conceives and bears a male child , then she shall be unclean seven days . As at the time of her menstruation , she shall be unclean .

³And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised .

⁴Then she shall continue for thirty-three days in the blood of her purifying . She shall not touch anything holy , nor come into the sanctuary , until the days of her purifying are completed .

⁵But if she bears a female child , then she shall be unclean two weeks , as in her menstruation . And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying for sixty-six days .

⁶And when the days of her purifying are completed , whether for a son or for a daughter , she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering , and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering ,

⁷and he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her. Then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood . This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female .

⁸And 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 .