旧约 - 利未记(Leviticus)第12章

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
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.
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.
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:
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.
And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall 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》