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.
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Gill's Exposition
Speak unto the children of Israel,.... For this law only concerned them, and not other nations of the world:
if a woman have conceived seed; by lying with a man, and so becomes pregnant, and goes on…
This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Lev 15:1.
Adam Clarke
If a woman have conceived - In the extent mentioned here the ordinances of this chapter have little relation to us: and to inquire into their physical reasons, as far as they related to the Jews,…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Compare Gen 17:12; Exo 22:29-30; Luk 1:59; Php 3:5. Reference is here made to the regulation of Lev 15:19.
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