Leviticus 12:3
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 17:11And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a sign of a covenant between me and you.
Leviticus 15:3And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue, whether his flesh runs with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
Luke 1:59And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling it by the name of his father Zacharias.
John 7:22Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on a Sabbath.
Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of his faith during uncircumcision, for him to be father of all those who believe during uncircumcision (for righteousness to also be imputed to them),
Galatians 5:3And I solemnly declare again to every man who is circumcised, that he is obligated to do the whole law.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 12:2-6
Ceremonial Purification. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 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. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary,… Read the whole commentary →