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Opal0427
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I’m talking to a guy about Mary not sinning in her lifetime, and he brings a point I can’t reconcile. Can you clear this up?
So, we know Mary brought the sacrifice after Jesus was born out of humility, not because she sinned.
But - since this was a sin offering for giving birth - was giving birth or some aspect of it a sin under the law at that time?
If so, in this, doesn’t the bible directly say that by giving birth, Mary sinned?
EDIT: He bases his conclusions on Leviticus 12:6-8 “And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering and he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her; then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female. And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering; and she shall be clean.”
I just want to know how to explain this to him. Why did women offer a sin offering after giving birth?
So, we know Mary brought the sacrifice after Jesus was born out of humility, not because she sinned.
But - since this was a sin offering for giving birth - was giving birth or some aspect of it a sin under the law at that time?
If so, in this, doesn’t the bible directly say that by giving birth, Mary sinned?
EDIT: He bases his conclusions on Leviticus 12:6-8 “And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering and he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her; then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female. And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering; and she shall be clean.”
I just want to know how to explain this to him. Why did women offer a sin offering after giving birth?
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