Leviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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, that it may be for a h sign of the covenant between me and you.
Leviticus 15:3And then shall he be judged subject to this evil, when a filthy humour, at every moment, cleaveth to his flesh, and gathereth there.
Luke 1:59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father's name Zachary.
John 7:22Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man.
Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith, which he had, being uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised, that unto them also it may be reputed to justice:
Galatians 5:3And I testify again to every man circumcising himself, that he is a debtor to 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 →