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And the Lord spoke to Moses , saying:
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Speak to the children of Israel , and thou shalt say to them: If a woman having received seed shall bear a man child , she shall be unclean seven days , according to the days of the separation of her flowers.
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And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised :
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But she shall remain three and thirty days in the blood of her purification . She shall touch no holy thing, neither shall she enter into the sanctuary , until the days of her purification be fulfilled.
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But if she shall bear a maid child, she shall be unclean two weeks , according to the custom of her monthly courses, and she shall remain in the blood of her purification sixty -six days .
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And when the days of her purification are expired, for a son , or for a daughter, she shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, a lamb of a year old for a holocaust, and a young pigeon or a turtle for sin , and shall deliver them to the priest:
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Who shall offer them before the Lord , and shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood . This is the law for her that beareth a man child or a maid child.
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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.