Leviticus 12

Leviticus 12:1

spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14.

Leviticus 12:2

children. Hebrew sons.

seven days. See note on Leviticus 12:5.

according to the days. Compare Leviticus 15:19.

Leviticus 12:3

circumcised. See note on “leprosy”, Leviticus 13:2.

Leviticus 12:4

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.

Leviticus 12:5

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.

Leviticus 12:6

she shall bring. As Mary did. Luke 2:22-24.

door = entrance.

tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. ’ohel. App-40.

Leviticus 12:7

offer it = bring it near. Hebrew. karab. App-43.

make. Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac read, “and the priest shall make”, as in Leviticus 12:8.

make an atonement. See note on Exodus 29:33.

issue = fount [discharge].

Leviticus 12:8

two turtles. See Luke 2:22, Luke 2:24, and compare 2 Corinthians 8:9.