"‘If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days...And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering." vv.2,8
Read chapter 12.
This is a very short chapter about the ritual after childbirth of either a son or daughter. It makes you wonder why there is a difference between the two sexes. Just because the male child born the mother is unclean for one week verses two weeks if it's a female child, doesn't mean that the male is better or "above" the female. It could be because of the male child having to be circumcised on the 8th day and therefore would need to be clean to come to the temple to undergo the surgery where the female doesn't.
The other cool thing we learn from this chapter is a key to understand the family class Jesus was born in to. His mother Mary offered two turtledoves (Luke 2:22-24) and therefore shows that they were from a poorer class not able to provide a lamb.
Even the youngest of life need to present offerings. How do you understand being born in or to sin?
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