旧约 - 利未记(Leviticus)第12章

The LORD said to Moses,
"Say to the Israelites: 'A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.
On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised.
Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.
If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.
"'When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.
He shall offer them before the LORD to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood. "'These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.
If she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'"
利未记第十二章   第 12 章 

  利 12:1-4> 你的身体和心灵都已经预备好去敬拜神没有? 

  12:1-4 妇人生婴孩之后,为什么被认为是“不洁净”的呢?那是因为她在生产之后,会有恶露流出,是不洁净的,使她无法预备好进入会幕的纯洁环境之中。 

  利 12:1-4> 性与生育是否为不洁净的事? 

  12:1-4 不洁净并不是指有罪或污秽。神创造人是造男造女,又吩咐人要生养众多(参创 1:27-28 )。祂并没有改变心意,说性与生育是不洁净的,这里可能要提醒我们人是带着罪出生的,需要经过洁净才可以和圣洁的耶和华同在(耶和华就住在以色列人中)。另一方面,妇女在生产过程的血污亦使人联想起污秽,需要洁净才可以回到神的同在中。──《灵修版圣经注释》