Leviticus 12:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Purification of Women after Childbirth

12 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ² Speak to the people of Israel, saying:

If a woman conceives and bears a male child, she shall be ceremonially unclean seven days; as at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean. ³ On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.