YAHWEH spoke to Musa, saying, 2“Speak to Bani-Israel, saying, ‘If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean. 3In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4She 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. 5But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six days.
6“‘When the days of her purification are completed, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering: 7and he shall offer it before YAHWEH, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood.
“‘This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female. 8If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons;1 the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'”
- 12:8 Quoted in the Injil, Luke 2:24 regarding the sacrifice that was offered after the birth of ‘ISA AL-MASIH by his mother Maryam (and foster-father Yusuf), indicating that she was poor. Luke 2:22-24 says, “When the days of their purification according to the Taurat of Musa were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Taurat of the Lord that every firstborn male shall be called holy to the Lord), and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the Taurat of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” ↩︎