1-5 The purification of a woman after childbirth 6-8 Her offerings for her purifying

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

if a woman Ge 1:28 3:16 Job 14:4 15:14 25:4 Ps 51:5 Lu 2:22 Ro 5:12-19

according Le 15:19

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

Ge 17:11,12 De 30:6 Lu 1:59 2:21 Joh 7:22,23 Ro 3:19 4:11,12 Ga 3:17 5:3 Php 3:5 Col 2:11

4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

Le 15:25-28 Hag 2:13 Lu 2:22,23

5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

Le 12:2,4 Ge 3:13 1Ti 2:14,15

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:

a lamb Le 1:10-13 5:6-10 14:22 15:14,29 Nu 6:10 Lu 2:22 Joh 1:29 2Co 5:21 Heb 7:26 1Pe 1:18,19

of the first year [heb] a son of his year

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.

make Le 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 Le 15:28-30

a male Ga 3:28

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.

she be not able to bring a lamb. [heb] her hand find not sufficiency of a lamb Le 1:14 5:7 14:22 15:14,29 Lu 2:22,24 2Co 8:9

make an atonement Le 4:26

When burn offerings and sin offerings were brought together, the sin offerings were first offered.