Leviticus 12:6. For a son or a daughter For the birth of either; 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. read more
Concerning childbirth (12:1-8)One consequence of Eve’s sin that affected women in general was the trouble and pain of childbirth (Genesis 3:16). The process of conceiving and giving birth was affected by sin from the beginning (Psalms 51:5), which is probably the reason why Israelite law required the mother to be ceremonially cleansed after childbirth. If the child born was a boy, the mother was cut off from physical contact with members of her family for seven days, and from all things... read more
spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14 . read more
children. Hebrew sons. seven days. See note on Leviticus 12:5 . according to the days. Compare Leviticus 15:19 . read more
circumcised. See note on "leprosy", Leviticus 13:2 . read more
three and thirty. Half the period of maid child. See Leviticus 12:5 (7 + 33 = 40. See App-10 ). hallowed. Hebrew. kadesh. See note on Exodus 3:5 . read more
purifying = purification, i.e. pure blood as distinct from the other. threescore and six days. Double that after a man child. See Leviticus 12:4 (14 + 66 = 80). This ordinance was not on account of any disparity between the sexes, but was in order to regulate them, so that the birth-rate of females might not be in too great excess, as it otherwise would have been, and is, where this ordinance is not known or observed. read more
she shall bring. As Mary did. Luke 2:22-24 . door = entrance. tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. 'ohel . App-40 . read more
This little chapter is big in the difficulty of its interpretation. We have discovered practically no help from any source whatever in our efforts to unravel the mysteries of this remarkable chapter."And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean. And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be... read more
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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 12:5
Leviticus 12:5. Threescore and six days The time in both particulars is double to the former; the law, as some think, being adapted to a received opinion that women are sooner purified after the birth of males than of females; an opinion which, however questioned, Grotius shows to be supported by no less authority than that of Aristotle and Hippocrates. Others, however, suppose that this difference was made to put an honour on the ordinance of circumcision, which, being administered to the... read more