Leviticus 12

Leviticus 12:1

SHe shall be uncleane] Sequestred from her husbands and other mens company, whom she may desile with her touch, Leviticus 15 19: a figure of the corruption of fathers, and mothers in the generation of children, whose signes are most evident in the woman.

Leviticus 12:4

Three and thirty] During which time she did not defile every thing she touched, as she did in the first eight dayes: No hallowed thing] Such as all the flesh of sacrifices of thanksgiving was, speaking of ordinary womn: And hallowed meates, firstlings, tithes and Priests portions, speaking of the Priests wives: Into the Sanctuary] Into the court of the Tabernacle, whose chief place (by which all the rest was consecrated and sought after) was the most holy place, which gave the name to all the rest.

Leviticus 12:5

Two weeks] The time is double, to that it was in male children, because that naturally in the birth of females, the purifications are longer and slower, though there be no certain nor fixed time.

Leviticus 12:6

Burnt offering] Which was a sacrifice for the parties sins in generall, as the sin offering was for particular sins of ignorance or error, and there are the two sins of the fathers, which may be imputed to the children; and for which Christ his expiation is required, to cleanse the posterity by the gift of justification and regeneration.

Leviticus 12:7

From the issue] For a figure of the spirituall purification by faith, by meanes of which the issue is sanctified, 1 Corinthians 7:14.