2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
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And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The law here pronounces women lying-in ceremonially unclean. The Jews say, “The law extended even to an abortion, if the child was so formed as that the sex was distinguishable.” 1. There was some time of strict separation immediately after the birth, which continued seven days for a son and fourteen for a daughter, Lev. 12:2 , 5 . During these days she was separated from her husband and friends,…
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