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‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks (as when she has her menstruation). And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying for 36 days.

‘Now when the days of her purifying are completed (whether it be for a son or for a daughter) she shall bring a lamb of one year old to the Priest for a Burnt Offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a Sin Offering, to the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation,

‘who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her. So shall she be purged of the issue of her blood. This is the law for she who has borne a male or female.

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