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Leviticus 12:1 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 12 · verse 1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Leviticus 12:1 · King James Version
Leviticus 12:1 in context
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
3And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5