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Selected Verse: Leviticus 12:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Le 12:6 |
Strong Concordance |
And when the days [03117] of her purifying [02892] are fulfilled [04390], for a son [01121], or for a daughter [01323], she shall bring [0935] a lamb [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] for a burnt offering [05930], and a young [01121] pigeon [03123], or a turtledove [08449], for a sin offering [02403], unto the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], unto the priest [03548]: |
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King James |
And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The sacrificial act expressed an acknowledgment of sin and a dedication of herself to Yahweh. See Lev 8:14.
Lev 12:6
Of the first year - literally, as in the margin, "a son of his year." This expression is supposed to mean one less than a year old, while the "son of a year" is one that has just completed its first year.
Lev 12:8
A lamb - Rather, one of the flock; either a sheep or a goat; it is not the same word as in Lev 12:6.
Two turtles, or two young pigeons - See the note at Lev 1:14. The Virgin Mary availed herself of the liberty which the Law allowed to the poor, and offered the inferior burnt-offering Luk 2:24. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| After the expiration of the days of her purification "with regard to a son or a daughter," i.e., according as she had given birth to a son or a daughter (not for the son or daughter, for the woman needed purification for herself, and not for the child to which she had given birth, and it was the woman, not the child, that was unclean), she was to bring to the priest a yearling lamb for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or turtle-dove for a sin-offering, that he might make atonement for her before Jehovah and she might become clean from the course of her issue. שׁנתו בּן, lit., son of his year, which is a year old (cf. Lev 23:12; Num 6:12, Num 6:14; Num 7:15, Num 7:21, etc.), is used interchangeably with שׁנה בּן (Exo 12:5), and with שׁנה בּני in the plural (Lev 23:18-19; Exo 29:38; Num 7:17, Num 7:23, Num 7:29). דּמים דּמור, fountain of bleeding (see at Gen 4:10), equivalent to hemorrhage (cf. Lev 20:18). The purification by bathing and washing is not specially mentioned, as being a matter of course; nor is anything stated with reference to the communication of her uncleanness to persons who touched either her or her couch, since the instructions with regard to the period of menstruation no doubt applied to the first seven and fourteen days respectively. For her restoration to the Lord and His sanctuary, she was to come and be cleansed with a sin-offering and a burnt-offering, on account of the uncleanness in which the sin of nature had manifested itself; because she had been obliged to absent herself in consequence for a whole week from the sanctuary and fellowship of the Lord. But as this purification had reference, not to any special moral guilt, but only to sin which had been indirectly manifested in her bodily condition, a pigeon was sufficient for the sin-offering, that is to say, the smallest of the bleeding sacrifices; whereas a yearling lamb was required for a burnt-offering, to express the importance and strength of her surrender of herself to the Lord after so long a separation from Him. But in cases of great poverty a pigeon might be substituted for the lamb (Lev 12:8, cf. Lev 5:7, Lev 5:11). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| For a son or a daughter - For the birth of a son, or of a daughter: but the purification was for herself, as appears from the following verses. A sin - offering - Because of her ceremonial uncleanness, which required a ceremonial expiation. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
When the days of her purifying - It is not easy to account for the difference in the times of purification, after the birth of a male and female child. After the birth of a boy the mother was considered unclean for forty days; after the birth of a girl, four-score days. There is probably no physical reason for this difference, and it is difficult to assign a political one. Some of the ancient physicians assert that a woman is in the order of nature much longer in completely recovering after the birth of a female than after the birth of a male child. This assertion is not justified either by observation or matter of fact. Others think that the difference in the time of purification after the birth of a male and female is intended to mark the inferiority of the female sex. This is a miserable reason, and pitifully supported.
She shall bring - a burnt-offering, and - a sin-offering - It is likely that all these ordinances were intended to show man's natural impurity and original defilement by sin, and the necessity of an atonement to cleanse the soul from unrighteousness. |
24 And [2532] to offer [1325] a sacrifice [2378] according [2596] to that which is said [2046] in [1722] the law [3551] of the Lord [2962], A pair [2201] of turtledoves [5167], or [2228] two [1417] young [3502] pigeons [4058].
14 And if the burnt sacrifice [05930] for his offering [07133] to the LORD [03068] be of fowls [05775], then he shall bring [07126] his offering [07133] of turtledoves [08449], or of young [01121] pigeons [03123].
6 And when the days [03117] of her purifying [02892] are fulfilled [04390], for a son [01121], or for a daughter [01323], she shall bring [0935] a lamb [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] for a burnt offering [05930], and a young [01121] pigeon [03123], or a turtledove [08449], for a sin offering [02403], unto the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], unto the priest [03548]:
8 And if she be not able to bring [04672] [01767] [03027] a lamb [07716], then she shall bring [03947] two [08147] turtles [08449], or two young [01121] pigeons [03123]; the one [0259] for the burnt offering [05930], and the other [0259] for a sin offering [02403]: and the priest [03548] shall make an atonement [03722] for her, and she shall be clean [02891].
6 And when the days [03117] of her purifying [02892] are fulfilled [04390], for a son [01121], or for a daughter [01323], she shall bring [0935] a lamb [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] for a burnt offering [05930], and a young [01121] pigeon [03123], or a turtledove [08449], for a sin offering [02403], unto the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], unto the priest [03548]:
14 And he brought [05066] the bullock [06499] for the sin offering [02403]: and Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] laid [05564] their hands [03027] upon the head [07218] of the bullock [06499] for the sin offering [02403].
11 But if he [03027] be not able to bring [05381] two [08147] turtledoves [08449], or two [08147] young [01121] pigeons [03123], then he that sinned [02398] shall bring [0935] for his offering [07133] the tenth [06224] part of an ephah [0374] of fine flour [05560] for a sin offering [02403]; he shall put [07760] no oil [08081] upon it, neither shall he put [05414] any frankincense [03828] thereon: for it is a sin offering [02403].
7 And if he [03027] be not able [01767] to bring [05060] a lamb [07716], then he shall bring [0935] for [0854] his trespass [0817], which he hath committed [02398], two [08147] turtledoves [08449], or two [08147] young [01121] pigeons [03123], unto the LORD [03068]; one [0259] for a sin offering [02403], and the other [0259] for a burnt offering [05930].
8 And if she be not able to bring [04672] [01767] [03027] a lamb [07716], then she shall bring [03947] two [08147] turtles [08449], or two young [01121] pigeons [03123]; the one [0259] for the burnt offering [05930], and the other [0259] for a sin offering [02403]: and the priest [03548] shall make an atonement [03722] for her, and she shall be clean [02891].
18 And if a man [0376] shall lie [07901] with a woman [0802] having her sickness [01739], and shall uncover [01540] her nakedness [06172]; he hath discovered [06168] her fountain [04726], and she hath uncovered [01540] the fountain [04726] of her blood [01818]: and both [08147] of them shall be cut off [03772] from among [07130] their people [05971].
10 And he said [0559], What [04100] hast thou done [06213]? the voice [06963] of thy brother's [0251] blood [01818] crieth [06817] unto me from the ground [0127].
29 And for a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], two [08147] oxen [01241], five [02568] rams [0352], five [02568] he goats [06260], five [02568] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141]: this was the offering [07133] of Eliab [0446] the son [01121] of Helon [02497].
23 And for a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], two [08147] oxen [01241], five [02568] rams [0352], five [02568] he goats [06260], five [02568] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141]: this was the offering [07133] of Nethaneel [05417] the son [01121] of Zuar [06686].
17 And for a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], two [08147] oxen [01241], five [02568] rams [0352], five [02568] he goats [06260], five [02568] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141]: this was the offering [07133] of Nahshon [05177] the son [01121] of Amminadab [05992].
38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer [06213] upon the altar [04196]; two [08147] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] day [03117] by day [03117] continually [08548].
18 And ye shall offer [07126] with the bread [03899] seven [07651] lambs [03532] without blemish [08549] of the first [01121] year [08141], and one [0259] young [01241] [01121] bullock [06499], and two [08147] rams [0352]: they shall be for a burnt offering [05930] unto the LORD [03068], with their meat offering [04503], and their drink offerings [05262], even an offering made by fire [0801], of sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068].
19 Then ye shall sacrifice [06213] one [0259] kid [08163] of the goats [05795] for a sin offering [02403], and two [08147] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] for a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002].
5 Your lamb [07716] shall be without blemish [08549], a male [02145] of the first [01121] year [08141]: ye shall take [03947] it out from the sheep [03532], or from the goats [05795]:
21 One [0259] young [01241] bullock [06499], one [0259] ram [0352], one [0259] lamb [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141], for a burnt offering [05930]:
15 One [0259] young [01241] bullock [06499], one [0259] ram [0352], one [0259] lamb [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141], for a burnt offering [05930]:
14 And he shall offer [07126] his offering [07133] unto the LORD [03068], one [0259] he lamb [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] without blemish [08549] for a burnt offering [05930], and one [0259] ewe lamb [03535] of the first [01323] year [08141] without blemish [08549] for a sin offering [02403], and one [0259] ram [0352] without blemish [08549] for peace offerings [08002],
12 And he shall consecrate [05144] unto the LORD [03068] the days [03117] of his separation [05145], and shall bring [0935] a lamb [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] for a trespass offering [0817]: but the days [03117] that were before [07223] shall be lost [05307], because his separation [05145] was defiled [02930].
12 And ye shall offer [06213] that day [03117] when ye wave [05130] the sheaf [06016] an he lamb [03532] without blemish [08549] of the first [01121] year [08141] for a burnt offering [05930] unto the LORD [03068].