Leviticus 12:5 meaning and explanation

If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

Leviticus 12:5, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD continues his instructions to Moses for the Israelites, here addressing ritual impurity after childbirth. A daughter brings two weeks of impurity rather than one, and sixty-six days of purification rather than thirty-three.

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