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Moses in cream robe and burgundy mantle teaches a small group of Israelite women outside a family tent while, within the shaded entrance, a fully clothed new mother rests on cushions holding her swaddled newborn son. Female relatives bring water and food with gentle care. No childbirth action, exposed body, blood, medical instruments, stigma, or priest entering the tent.
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Leviticus 12:1-2

A mother rests with her newborn son

Purification After Childbirth · Leviticus 12

Story guide: Moses in cream robe and burgundy mantle teaches a small group of Israelite women outside a family tent while, within the shaded entrance, a fully clothed new mother rests on cushions holding her swaddled newborn son. Female relatives bring water and food with gentle care. No childbirth action, exposed body, blood, medical instruments, stigma, or priest entering the tent.

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1And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: If a woman conceives and gives birth to a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; she shall be unclean as in the days of her menstrual impurity.

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