利未记 12:2-4 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 12:1-5

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. There was some time of strict separation immediately after the birth, which continued seven days for a son and fourteen for a daughter, Lev. 12:2, 5. During these days she was separated from her husband and friends, and those that necessarily attended her were ceremonially unclean, which was one reason why the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 12:2

Speak unto the children of Israel ,.... For this law only concerned them, and not other nations of the world: if a woman have conceived seed ; by lying with a man, and so becomes pregnant, and goes on with her pregnancy until she brings forth a child. The Jews from hence gather, that this law respects abortions; that if a woman has conceived and miscarries, eighty one days after the birth of a female, and forty one after a male, she must bring her offering F13 Misn. Ceritot, c. 1.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 12:3

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. Or the foreskin of his flesh, that is, of the man child born according to the law, Genesis 17:12 and this seems to furnish out a reason why a male child was not circumcised before the eighth day, and why it was then, because before that its mother was in her separation and uncleanness, and then was freed from it; and so the Targum of Jonathan. The circumcision of a male child on the eighth day was religiously observed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 12:4

And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days ,.... That is, so many more, in all forty; for though at the end of seven days she was in some respects free from her uncleanness, yet not altogether, but remained in the blood of her purifying, or in the purifying of her blood, which was more and more purified, and completely at the end of forty days: so with the Persians it is said, a new mother must avoid everything for forty days; when that time is passed, she may... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 12:2

If a woman have conceived - In the extent mentioned here the ordinances of this chapter have little relation to us: and to inquire into their physical reasons, as far as they related to the Jews, could afford but little edification; and to make such a subject sufficiently plain would require such minute examination and circumstantial detail as could scarcely be proper for several readers. All that is necessary to be said the reader will find on Leviticus 12:4 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 12:3

And in the eighth day - Before this time the child could scarcely be considered as having strength sufficient to bear the operation; after this time it was not necessary to delay it, as the child was not considered to be in covenant with God, and consequently not under the especial protection of the Divine providence and grace, till this rite had been performed. On circumcision see Clarke's note on Genesis 17:10 . Circumcision was to every man a constant, evident sign of the covenant into... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 12:4

The blood of her purifying - A few words will make this subject sufficiently plain. God designs that the human female should bring forth children. That children should derive, under his providence, their being, all their solids and all their fluids, in a word, the whole mass of their bodies, from the substance of the mother. For this purpose he has given to the body of the female an extra quantity of blood and nutritious juices. Before pregnancy this superabundance is evacuated at... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 12:2

Verse 2 2.If a woman have conceived seed. This ceremony had reference to two points; for, first, the Jews were reminded by it of the common corruption of our nature; and secondly, the remedy of the evil was set before them. There is little difficulty in understanding why a woman who has conceived and given birth to a child, should be pronounced unclean; viz., because the whole race of Adam is polluted and defiled, so that the woman already contracts uncleanness from the offspring which she... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 12:4

Verse 4 4.And she shall then continue. The uncleanness of seven days in the case of a male, and fourteen days for a female, has reference to the hemorrhage, as we shall also see elsewhere of the menstrual discharge. For the remainder of the time she is forbidden to take part in religious services, and to approach the sanctuary, (by which word the court is here meant,) and thus is accounted unholy, not only that she should herself lament her condition, but that her husband also, admonished by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:1-8

The purification of the Church. At the commencement of his treatise on this Book of Leviticus, Cyril of Alexandria truly says, that as the Word of God came into the world arrayed in flesh, in which bodily appearance he was seen of all, while his divinity was seen only by the elect; so has the written Word a letter, or outward sense, which is obvious to ordinary perception, and an inward meaning which must be spiritually discerned. According to this rule, the purification of the Church is... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 12:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 12:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 12:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 12:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 12:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 12:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 12:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 12:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 12:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:1-8

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