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L EVITICUS 12
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the cormorant, the great owl, 18 the barn owl,
the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture, 19 the stork,
herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 “You must not eat winged insects that walk
along the ground; they are detestable to you.
21 You may, however, eat winged insects that
walk along the ground and have jointed legs so
they can jump. 22 The insects you are permitted
to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts,
crickets, and grasshoppers. 23 All other winged
insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.
24 “The following creatures will make you
ceremonially unclean. If any of you touch their
carcasses, you will be defiled until evening. 25 If
you pick up their carcasses, you must wash
your clothes, and you will remain defiled until
evening.
26 “Any animal that has split hooves that are
not evenly divided or that does not chew the
cud is unclean for you. If you touch the carcass
of such an animal, you will be defiled. 27 Of the
animals that walk on all fours, those that have
paws are unclean. If you touch the carcass of
such an animal, you will be defiled until evening. 28 If you pick up its carcass, you must wash
your clothes, and you will remain defiled until
evening. These animals are unclean for you.
29 “Of the small animals that scurry along the
ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat,
the rat, large lizards of all kinds, 30 the gecko,
the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand
lizard, and the chameleon. 31 All these small animals are unclean for you. If any of you touch the
dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening. 32 If such an animal dies and
falls on something, that object will be unclean.
This is true whether the object is made of wood,
cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you
must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled
until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially
clean and may be used again.
33 “If such an animal falls into a clay pot,
everything in the pot will be defiled, and the
pot must be smashed. 34 If the water from such
a container spills on any food, the food will be
defiled. And any beverage in such a container
will be defiled. 35 Any object on which the carcass of such an animal falls will be defiled. If it
is an oven or hearth, it must be destroyed, for
it is defiled, and you must treat it accordingly.
36 “However, if the carcass of such an animal falls into a spring or a cistern, the water
will still be clean. But anyone who touches the
carcass will be defiled. 37 If the carcass falls on
seed grain to be planted in the field, the seed
will still be considered clean. 38 But if the seed
is wet when the carcass falls on it, the seed will
be defiled.
12:6 Hebrew Tent of Meeting. 12:7 Or to make atonement for
her; also in 12:8.
39 “If an animal you are permitted to eat dies
and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled
until evening. 40 If you eat any of its meat or carry
away its carcass, you must wash your clothes,
and you will remain defiled until evening.
41 “All small animals that scurry along the
ground are detestable, and you must never eat
them. 42 This includes all animals that slither
along on their bellies, as well as those with
four legs and those with many feet. All such
animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them. 43 Do not
defile yourselves by touching them. You must
not make yourselves ceremonially unclean because of them. 44 For I am the Lord your God.
You must consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves with
any of these small animals that scurry along
the ground. 45 For I, the Lord, am the one who
brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I
might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy
because I am holy.
46 “These are the instructions regarding land
animals, birds, marine creatures, and animals
that scurry along the ground. 47 By these instructions you will know what is unclean and clean,
and which animals may be eaten and which
may not be eaten.”
Purification after Childbirth
The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If a woman becomes pregnant and gives
birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean
for seven days, just as she is unclean during her
menstrual period. 3 On the eighth day the boy’s
foreskin must be circumcised. 4 After waiting
thirty-three days, she will be purified from the
bleeding of childbirth. During this time of purification, she must not touch anything that is
set apart as holy. And she must not enter the
sanctuary until her time of purification is over.
5 If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be
ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she
is unclean during her menstrual period. After
waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from
the bleeding of childbirth.
6 “When the time of purification is completed
for either a son or a daughter, the woman must
bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering
and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the
priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.* 7 The
priest will then present them to the Lord to purify her.* Then she will be ceremonially clean
again after her bleeding at childbirth. These are
the instructions for a woman after the birth of a
son or a daughter.
8 “If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb,
she must bring two turtledoves or two young
pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and
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