Leviticus 12 · Verse 7

Leviticus 12:7

Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
Leviticus 12:7, King James Version

Leviticus 12:7 in other translations

BSBAnd the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.
WEBHe shall offer it before the LORD, and make atonement for her; then she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. “‘This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female.
ASVand he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female.
YLTand he hath brought it near before Jehovah, and hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who is bearing, in regard to a male or to a female.
DARBYAnd he shall present it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her; and she shall be clean from the flux of her blood. This is the law for her that hath borne a male or a female.
BBEAnd the priest is to make an offering of it before the Lord and take away her sin, and she will be made clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth to a male or a female.
WebsterWho shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath borne a male or a female.

What does Leviticus 12:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 12:6-8

6-8. 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…

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Leviticus 12:7 in the original Hebrew

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וְהִקְרִיב֞וֹve.hik.ri.Voand he will present itH7126
לִפְנֵ֤יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
וְכִפֶּ֣רve.khi.Perand he will make atonementH3722
עָלֶ֔יהָ'a.Lei.haon herH5921
וְטָהֲרָ֖הve.ta.ha.Rahand she will be pureH2891
מִמְּקֹ֣רmi.me.Korfrom [the] spring ofH4726
דָּמֶ֑יהָda.Mei.hablood<s> herH1818
זֹ֤אתzotthisH2063
תּוֹרַת֙to.Rat[is] [the] legal [procedure] ofH8451
הַיֹּלֶ֔דֶתhai.yo.Le.detthe [woman who] gives birthH3205
לַזָּכָ֖רla.za.Kharfor <the> maleH2145
א֥וֹ'oorH176
לַנְּקֵבָֽה\׃la.ne.ke.Vahfor <the> femaleH5347

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Cross references for Leviticus 12:7

  • Job 14:4

    Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  • Romans 3:26

    To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:14

    For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

  • Leviticus 1:4

    And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

  • Leviticus 4:20

    And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.

  • Leviticus 4:35

    And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

  • Romans 3:23

    For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

  • Leviticus 15:28-30

    But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the Lord for the issue of her uncleanness.

  • Leviticus 4:31

    And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the Lord; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

  • Hebrews 9:12-14

    Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Job 1:5

    And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

  • Galatians 3:28

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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make.
1:4; 4:20,26,31,35; Job 1:5; 14:4; Ro 3:23,26; 1Co 7:14
Heb 9:12-14
be cleansed.
15:28-30
a male.
Ga 3:28

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Context

  • Leviticus 12:6

    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:

  • Leviticus 12:7

    Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.

  • Leviticus 12:8

    And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

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Leviticus 12:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y él ofrecerá delante de Jehová, y hará expiación por ella, y será limpia del flujo de su sangre. Esta es la ley de la que pariere varón ó hembra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il présentera ces choses devant l’ Éternel, et fera propitiation pour elle, et elle sera purifiée du flux de son sang. Telle est la loi de celle qui enfante un fils ou une fille.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er soll es vor Jehova darbringen und Sühnung für sie tun, und sie wird rein sein von dem Flusse ihres Blutes. Das ist das Gesetz der Gebärenden bei einem männlichen oder bei einem weiblichen Kinde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
qui offeret illa coram Domino, et orabit pro ea, et sic mundabitur a profluvio sanguinis sui: ista est lex parientis masculum aut feminam.