1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean. 3 In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed. 5 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six days.

6 "‘When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove, for a sin offering. 7 He shall offer it before Yahweh, and make atonement for her; then she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood.

"‘This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female. 8 If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons: the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’"

1 Verder het die HERE met Moses gespreek en gesê:

2 Spreek met die kinders van Israel en sê: As 'n vrou swanger word en 'n seun baar, sal sy sewe dae lank onrein wees; soos in die dae van die onreinheid as sy onwel is, sal sy onrein wees.

3 En op die agtste dag moet hy aan die vlees van sy voorhuid besny word.

4 Dan moet sy drie en dertig dae in die reinigingsbloed bly. Aan niks wat heilig is, moet sy raak nie en in die heiligdom mag sy nie kom nie totdat die dae van haar reiniging verby is.

5 Maar as sy 'n dogter baar, sal sy twee weke onrein wees soos by haar maandelikse onreinheid. Dan moet sy ses en sestig dae in die reinigingsbloed bly.

6 En as die dae van haar reiniging in die geval van 'n seun of 'n dogter verby is, moet sy 'n jaaroud lam as brandoffer en 'n jong duif of tortelduif as sondoffer bring na die ingang van die tent van samekoms, na die priester toe;

7 die moet dit offer voor die aangesig van die HERE en vir haar versoening doen; dan sal sy rein wees van haar bloedvloeiing. Dit is die wet van haar wat baar, in die geval van 'n seun of 'n dogter.

8 Maar as sy 'n lam nie kan bekostig nie, moet sy twee tortelduiwe of twee jong duiwe neem, een as brandoffer en een as sondoffer; en die priester moet vir haar versoening doen; dan sal sy rein wees.