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But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Si elle enfante une fille, elle sera impure pendant deux semaines, comme au temps de son indisposition menstruelle; elle restera soixante-six jours à se purifier de son sang.

KJV

But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

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    conceives and bears a male child..." (Leviticus 12:1). Again: "But if she bears a female child..." (Leviticus 12:5). It teaches that to conceive and to bear children means to bring forth through the womb. In Numbers: "Every firstborn is mine since I struck down all the firstborn…

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