Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Leviticus 12
children. Hebrew sons.
seven days. See note on Leviticus 12:5.
according to the days. Compare Leviticus 15:19.
three and thirty. Half the period of maid child. See Leviticus 12:5 (7 + 33 = 40. See App-10).
hallowed. Hebrew. kadesh. See note on Exodus 3:5.
purifying = purification, i.e. pure blood as distinct from the other.
threescore and six days. Double that after a man child. See Leviticus 12:4 (14 + 66 = 80). This ordinance was not on account of any disparity between the sexes, but was in order to regulate them, so that the birth-rate of females might not be in too great excess, as it otherwise would have been, and is, where this ordinance is not known or observed.
she shall bring. As Mary did. Luke 2:22-24.
door = entrance.
tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. "ohel. App-40.
offer it = bring it near. Hebrew. karab. App-43.
make. Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac read, "and the priest shall make", as in Leviticus 12:8.
make an atonement. See note on Exodus 29:33.
issue = fount [discharge].
two turtles. See Luke 2:22, Luke 2:24, and compare 2 Corinthians 8:9.
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