Mitzvah #437 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„A woman who gave birth must bring an offering after she immerses in water“
Scripture Reference: LEV 12:6 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Tazria)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ו וּבִמְלֹאת יְמֵי טָהֳרָהּ, לְבֵן אוֹ לְבַת, תָּבִיא כֶּבֶשׂ בֶּן-שְׁנָתוֹ לְעֹלָה, וּבֶן-יוֹנָה אוֹ-תֹר לְחַטָּאת--אֶל-פֶּתַח אֹהֶל-מוֹעֵד, אֶל-הַכֹּהֵן.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
6 καὶ ὅταν ἀναπληρωθῶσιν αἱ ἡμέραι καθάρσεως αὐτῆς ἐφ᾿ υἱῷ ἢ ἐπὶ θυγατρί, προσοίσει ἀμνὸν ἐνιαύσιον ἄμωμον εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα καὶ νεοσσὸν περιστερᾶς ἢ τρυγόνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου πρὸς τὸν ἱερέα,
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Tazria
Sefer HaChinuch Number #168
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Sacrifices (Buch 9)
Section: Those with Incomplete Atonement
Systematic Category (P119f) Sacrifices and Offerings