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NASB | Leviticus 12:5 'But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall remain in the blood of her purification for sixty-six days. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Leviticus 12:5 'But if she gives birth to a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as during her monthly period, and she shall remain [intimately separated] sixty-six days to be purified from the blood. |
Bible Question: In Leviticus Chapter 12 it states that a woman is unclean only 33days when she has a boy. but she's unclean for 66days when she has a girl.before her purification why is it this way ? THANK YOU Jolly. |
Bible Answer: Greetings Jolly, Although we do not know the exact reason there is some speculation as to why the purification after a girl was longer than a boy. One speculation is that it was intended to remind the people of the fact that woman represents the lower side of human nature, and was the first to fall into temptation. Another line of thought is that it was founded upon the notion, which was very common in antiquity, that the bleeding and watery discharge continued longer after the birth of a girl than after that of a boy. Still another line of thought suggests that a male infant circumcised on the eighth day, by the profusion of its own blood, bears part of the purgation; wherefore the mother, for the birth of a female, must suffer twice the time of separation. What ever was the reason the stigma was removed in Christ (see 1Tim 2:14-15). prayon |
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