1 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés: 2 Fala aos filhos de Israel: Se uma mulher conceber e tiver um menino, será imunda sete dias; como nos dias da sua menstruação, será imunda. 3 E, no oitavo dia, se circuncidará ao menino a carne do seu prepúcio. 4 Depois, ficará ela trinta e três dias a purificar-se do seu sangue; nenhuma coisa santa tocará, nem entrará no santuário até que se cumpram os dias da sua purificação. 5 Mas, se tiver uma menina, será imunda duas semanas, como na sua menstruação; depois, ficará sessenta e seis dias a purificar-se do seu sangue.

6 E, cumpridos os dias da sua purificação por filho ou filha, trará ao sacerdote um cordeiro de um ano, por holocausto, e um pombinho ou uma rola, por oferta pelo pecado, à porta da tenda da congregação; 7 o sacerdote o oferecerá perante o Senhor e, pela mulher, fará expiação; e ela será purificada do fluxo do seu sangue; esta é a lei da que der à luz menino ou menina. 8 Mas, se as suas posses não lhe permitirem trazer um cordeiro, tomará, então, duas rolas ou dois pombinhos, um para o holocausto e o outro para a oferta pelo pecado; assim, o sacerdote fará expiação pela mulher, e será limpa.

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall 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. 5 But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest: 7 and 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. 8 And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 "Say to the Israelites: 'A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.

3 On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised.

4 Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.

5 If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.

6 "'When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering. [^1]

7 He shall offer them before the LORD to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood. "'These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.

8 But if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'"