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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 12:5

But if she bear a maid child ,.... A daughter, whether born alive or dead, if she goes with it her full time: then she shall be unclean two weeks ; or fourteen days running; and on the fifteenth day be free or loosed, as the Targum of Jonathan, just as long again as for a man child: as in her separation ; on account of her monthly courses; the sense is, that she should be fourteen days, to all intents and purposes, as unclean as when these are upon her: and she shall continue in... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:1-8

Born in sin. cf. Genesis 3:16 ; Psalms 51:5 ; Luke 2:21 ; 1 Timothy 2:15 . From the division of the animals into clean and unclean, and the sanctity thereby inculcated, we are invited to proceed to those personal liabilities to uncleanness for which due rites were provided. The first of these takes life at its fountain-head, and refers to the uncleanness connected with birth. Motherhood involved a longer or shorter period of ceremonial separation—forty days in the case of a son,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:1-8

The statutes on maternity. We may seek— I. THE EXPLANATION or THIS STATUTE . And we shall find the explanation 1 . The sorrow of maternity ( John 16:21 ) points clearly to the primeval curse, and therefore to the primeval sin ( Genesis 3:16 ). 2 . The birth of a human child means the entrance into the world of one in whom are the germs of sin ( Psalms 51:5 ; Psalms 58:3 ; Ephesians 2:3 ). 3 . Maternity suggests the sexual relation, and that suggests the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:2-7

Woman under the Law and under the gospel. Every childbirth re-echoes in the ears of woman the sentence passed upon her ancestress Eve. That such a season of rejoicing should be attended with such throes of agony speaks loudly of the curse entailed by sin. There is no earthly pleasure entirely free from its shadow, pain. Great movements of society, deep thoughts, even inspiring melodies, are not ushered into the world without the pangs of travail. I. THE LAW REMINDS US HERE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:5

If she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks;… and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. The reason why the duration of the mother's uncleanness is twice as long at a girl's birth as at a boy's, would appear to be that the uncleanness attached to the child as well as to the mother, but as the boy was placed in a state of ceremonial purity at once by the act of circumcision, which took place on the eighth day, he thereupon ceased to be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 12:1-8

This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Leviticus 15:1. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 12:5

Some have thought that this doubling of each of the two periods 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. 1 Timothy 2:13-15; 1 Peter 3:7. The ancients had a notion that the mother suffers for a longer time after the birth of a girl than after the birth of a boy. The period required for the restoration of her health in the one case was thirty days, and in the other, it was 40 or 42 days. This... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 12:5

Leviticus 12:5. Threescore and six days The time in both particulars is double to the former; the law, as some think, being adapted to a received opinion that women are sooner purified after the birth of males than of females; an opinion which, however questioned, Grotius shows to be supported by no less authority than that of Aristotle and Hippocrates. Others, however, suppose that this difference was made to put an honour on the ordinance of circumcision, which, being administered to the... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 12:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:2-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 12:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 12:1-8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 12:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 12:5

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