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Leviticus 12

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1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, A woman if she have received seed and given·​·birth·​·to a male, then she shall be·​·unclean seven days; according·​·to the days of the isolation of her infirmity shall she be·​·unclean.

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

4 And she shall then dwell in the bloods* of her cleansing three days and thirty days; all that is holy she shall not touch, and into the sanctuary she shall not come, until the days of her cleansing be fulfilled.

5 But if she give·​·birth·​·to a female, then she shall be·​·unclean two·​·weeks, as in her isolation; and sixty days and six days she shall dwell upon the bloods of her cleansing.

6 And when the days of her cleansing are·​·fulfilled, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb, a son of his year, for a burnt·​·offering, and a young dove, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, to the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest;

7 and he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make· an ·atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that has given·​·birth·​·to a male or a female.

8 And if her hand find not enough for a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, or two young doves; one for a burnt·​·offering, and one for a sin offering; and the priest shall make· an ·atonement for her, and she shall be·​·clean.

   


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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To beget or to be begotten is very similar in meaning to birth: It represents one spiritual state leading to the next spiritual one. "Beget," however, is generally linked to fatherhood and the man's role in procreation, while bearing and giving birth is solely the woman's province. This leads to some shades of meaning: Since men typically represent true ideas and women good affections, "begetting" often illustrates how ideas can lead us to do what is good, while giving birth often illustrates how good affections lead us to true thoughts. But it's a blurry line, affected by context and sometimes affected by translation issues. In fact, the most famous "begetting" – Jesus's place as God's "only begotten son" – runs contrary to that pattern. God in His essence is perfect divine love, expressed in the form of perfect divine truth. In "begetting" Jesus He gave his own divine truth – His divine expression – a human form, of human flesh. So it was love begetting truth.