- Bible
- Leviticus
- Chapter 12
- Verse 1
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... The laws in the preceding chapter were delivered both to Moses and Aaron, but what follows in this only to Moses; but inasmuch as the priest had a concern in it, it…
This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Lev 15:1.
The law here pronounces women lying-in ceremonially unclean. The Jews say, "The law extended even to an abortion, if the child was so formed as that the sex was distinguishable." 1. There was some…