¹The LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,

²“Speak to the children of 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 .

⁷He shall offer it before the LORD , and make atonement for her ; then she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood .

“‘This is the law for her who bears , whether a male or a female .

⁸If she cannot afford a lamb , then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons : the one for a burnt offering , and the other for a sin offering . The priest shall make atonement for her , and she shall be clean .’”