A reading from the book of Leviticus.

The Lord spoke to Moses saying,

Speak to the people of Israel saying,

If a woman conceives and bears a male child,

then she shall be unclean seven days,

as at the time of her menstruation,

she shall be unclean,

and on the eighth day,

the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. Then she shall continue unclean, and on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Then she shall continue for 33 days in the blood of her purifying.

She shall not touch anything holy, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purifying

are completed.

But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her menstruation,

and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying for 66 days.

And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter,

she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering,

and a pigeon or a turtle dove for a sin offering and he shall offer it before the lord and make atonement for her then she shall be

clean from the flow of her blood this is the law for her who bears a child either male or female

and if she cannot afford a lamb then she shall take two turtle doves or two pigeons,

one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her,

and she shall be clean. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying,

When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling, or an eruption, or a spot, and it turns

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