Menstruation, Turtles and Pigeons

[Mudhammam]

Leviticus 15:29 KJV

"And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation."

Been discussing this particular bible bull with a colleague recently. How was this chapter supposed to apply in real life, when it mentions 'a woman' does that mean every woman or just a select few. Ignoring the overall sheer stupidity of the chapter, I was curious if they had mass turtle and pigeon breeding facilities just to keep up with the priests sacrificial requirement?

And what is the relevance of turtles and pigeons? Did they have loads of pigeons but then after realising they were running out, pick another creature at random. "What about them turtles, shall we use them?", "Yeh why not, no fucking use for anything else".

It really makes you wonder how the book writers originally came up with these fucked up ideas.

Perhaps Drich and GC can shed some light.

They didn't come up with these ideas. Rituals regarding uncleaniness, animals, sacrifices; puzzling practices such as these existed for at least a thousand years in larger Mesopotamia due probably to the whims of some eccentric tyrants fucking with their subjects' heads.