KJV King James Version
And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Leviticus 12:4
And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.
WEB World English Bible
She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed.
ASV American Standard Version
And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thirty and three days she doth abide in the blood of her cleansing; against any holy thing she doth not come, and unto the sanctuary she doth not go in, till the fulness of the days of her cleansing.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 12
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak 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.
3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This [is] the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyיוֹם֙H3117 · yomdayוּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתH7969 · sha.loshthreeיָמִ֔יםH3117 · yomdayתֵּשֵׁ֖בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבִּדְמֵ֣יH1818 · dambloodטָהֳרָ֑הH2892 · to.harpurityבְּכָל־H3605 · kolallקֹ֣דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotתִגָּ֗עH5060 · na.gato touchוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙H4720 · miq.dashsanctuaryלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתָבֹ֔אH935 · boto come (in): comeעַד־H5704 · adtillמְלֹ֖אתH4390 · ma.leto fillיְמֵ֥יH3117 · yomdayטָהֳרָֽהּ׃H2892 · to.harpurity
Cross-references
Leviticus 15:25-28And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she [shall be] unclean.Luke 2:22-23And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present [him] to the Lord;Haggai 2:13Then said Haggai, If [one that is] unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
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