Leviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day, the little infant shall be circumcised.
Catholic Public Domain 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 you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
Leviticus 15:3And then he shall be judged subject to this fault, if a filthy fluid, at each moment, adheres to his flesh and gathers there.
Luke 1:59And it happened that, on the eighth day, they arrived to circumcise the boy, and they called him by his father’s name, Zechariah.
John 7:22For Moses gave you circumcision, (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers) and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.
Romans 4:11For he received the sign of circumcision as a symbol of the justice of that faith which exists apart from circumcision, so that he might be the father of all those who believe while uncircumcised, so that it might also be reputed to them unto justice,
Galatians 5:3For I again testify, about every man circumcising himself, that he is obligated to act according to the entire 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 →