Passage Research
Leviticus 12 — Sermon Preparation
A woman who gives birth is considered ritually unclean for a set period — longer for a daughter than a son — after which she brings a burnt offering and purification offering. Below is a research summary for Leviticus 12, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Leviticus 12 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| טׇהֳרָה | ṭohŏrâh | H2893 | 4 | purification, purity |
| טָמֵא | ṭâmêʼ | H2930 | 3 | be foul |
| דָּם | dâm | H1818 | 3 | blood, juice |
| נְקֵבָה | nᵉqêbâh | H5347 | 2 | female |
| יָלַד | yâlad | H3205 | 3 | bear young, beget |
| תּוֹר | tôwr | H8449 | 2 | ring-dove |
| נִדָּה | niddâh | H5079 | 2 | rejection, impurity |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 12, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“After the laws concerning clean and unclean food come the laws concerning clean and unclean persons; and the first is in this chapter concerning the ceremonial uncleanness of women in child-birth, ver. 1-5. And concerning their purification from that uncleanness, ver. 6, &c. Ceremonial Purification. (b. c. 1490.) 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; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Leviticus 12:1–30 (Public Domain)
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