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Leviticus 12 Introduction
英文原文
Leviticus 12-15. Ceremonial Purifications
The Purifications of the Law fall under three heads;
(1). Those for defilement arising from secretions;
(2). Those for the leprosy;
(3). Those for pollution from corpses.
The first and second classes are described in these chapters; the last, as relates to human corpses, in Numbers 19:11, etc., and as relates to the bodies of dead animals, in Leviticus 11:24-28, Leviticus 11:31-40.
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Leviticus 12:1
本章若接在利未记 15 章之后，位置会更自然。见利未记 15:1 的注释。
英文原文
This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Leviticus 15:1.
3
Leviticus 12:3
关于割礼，见创世记 17:5 注释。
英文原文
On circumcision, see Genesis 17:5 note.
4
Leviticus 12:4
利未律法把不洁完全归于母亲，毫不归于孩子。
英文原文
The Levitical law ascribed impurity exclusively to the mother, in no degree to the Child.
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Leviticus 12:5
有人认为，这两个时期各加一倍，是要提醒百姓：女人代表人性较低的一面，而且是首先落入试探的（提摩太前书 2:13-15；彼得前书 3:7）。古人有一种观念，认为母亲生女孩之后比生男孩之后受苦的时日更长。母亲健康恢复所需的时期，一者为三十日，另一者为四十或四十二日。这一观念或许与早在摩西时代便已遵守这一区别的普遍习俗有关。
英文原文
Some have thought that this doubling of each of the two periods was intended to remind the people of the fact that woman represents the lower side of human nature, and was the first to fall into temptation. 1 Timothy 2:13-15; 1 Peter 3:7. The ancients had a notion that the mother suffers for a longer time after the birth of a girl than after the birth of a boy. The period required for the restoration of her health in the one case was thirty days, and in the other, it was 40 or 42 days. This notion may have been connected with a general custom of observing the distinction as early as the time of Moses.
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Leviticus 12:6
献祭之举表达了对罪的承认，并表达了她将自己奉献给耶和华。见利未记 8:14。
利未记 12:6
一岁的——字面意思如旁注所载，是“它年岁之子”。这表达据认为指未满一岁的，而“满一岁之子”则指刚满一周岁的。
英文原文
The sacrificial act expressed an acknowledgment of sin and a dedication of herself to Yahweh. See Leviticus 8:14.
Leviticus 12:6
Of the first year - literally, as in the margin, "a son of his year." This expression is supposed to mean one less than a year old, while the "son of a year" is one that has just completed its first year.
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Leviticus 12:8
一只羊羔——更准确地说，指羊群中的一只，或为绵羊，或为山羊；这个词与利未记 12:6中的词并不相同。
两只斑鸠或两只雏鸽——参见利未记 1:14注释。童女马利亚利用了律法赐给穷人的这份宽限，献上了等级较低的燔祭（路加福音 2:24）。
英文原文
A lamb - Rather, one of the flock; either a sheep or a goat; it is not the same word as in Leviticus 12:6.
Two turtles, or two young pigeons - See the note at Leviticus 1:14. The Virgin Mary availed herself of the liberty which the Law allowed to the poor, and offered the inferior burnt-offering Luke 2:24.
利未记 12-15 章。礼仪上的洁净
律法的洁净之礼可归为三类：
(1) 因分泌物而生的不洁，
(2) 大麻风，
(3) 因尸骸而来的玷污。
第一类与第二类记在这几章中；最后一类，就人的尸首而言，记在民数记 19:11 等处；就死了之牲畜的躯体而言，记在利未记 11:24-28、利未记 11:31-40。