Birth of a Boy/Girl

Question 1

Birth of a boy (40 days)

Answer 1

Leviticus 12:2

“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.”

Question 2

Birth of a girl (80 days)

Answer 2

Leviticus 12:5

“But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.”