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When the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, to the door of the tent of meeting, to the priest:
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Thanksgiving and Atonement
Scholars explain that the two offerings served distinct purposes. The burnt offering, a lamb, was an act of gratitude and dedication to God for His mercy through the dangers of childbirth. The sin offering, a bird, was not because childbirth is sinful, but to atone for the reality of sin in a fallen world, including potential impatient words uttered during labor.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The sacrificial act expressed an acknowledgment of sin and a dedication of herself to Yahweh. See Leviticus 8:14.
([Reference Leviticus 12:6…
19th Century
Anglican
And when the days ... — Having described in the previous verses the conditions of defilement arising from childbirth, the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter For a …
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