8. cleansed after childbirth:
Spot of child-bed taint (5).
The
concorded
link between Genesis 3:16* and Leviticus 12** universalizes
the image of the unclean woman into a type,
signifying the Pauline- Augustinian-
Calvinist doctrine of
Original Sin:
the belief that, since the Fall of the first man and woman, all human
beings are born into a world defined by sin and death.
*Gen 3:16 - Unto the woman he said, ... in sorrow thou shalt bring
forth children.
**Lev 12:2,4,6-7,8: If a woman have conceived seed, and born a ...
child, then she shall be unclean. ... [and] shall continue in the blood
of her purifying ...; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into
the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. ... when
the days of her purifying are fulfilled, ... 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 priest, Who shall offer it
before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be
cleansed from the issue of her blood. ... And if she be not able to
bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons.