“And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:”
When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering. At the completion of the purification period — whether forty or eighty days — the mother brings the offering that formally restores her full participation in the covenant community's worship: a year-old lamb for the burnt offering (total consecration) and a pigeon or dove for the sin offering (atonement). The combination of the burnt offering and the sin offering is the standard offering pair for restoration from an impurity period.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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