Leviticus 12:3

The boy's foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.

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In The King James Version

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

In Context

2Any woman who becomes pregnant and has a boy, she will be unclean for one week, in the same way that she is unclean during her period.

4The woman must wait a further thirty-three days for the purification of her bleeding. She is not allowed to touch anything holy, and she is not allowed to enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is finished.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:11You are to circumcise your foreskin, and this will be the sign of the agreement between me and you.

Leviticus 15:3The uncleanness comes from his discharge, whether his body allows it to flow out or blocks it. It makes him unclean.

Luke 1:59Eight days later they came to circumcise the boy. They planned to call him Zechariah after his father.

John 7:22“However, because Moses told you to circumcise—not that it really came from Moses, but from your forefathers before him—you perform circumcision on the Sabbath.

Romans 4:11It was actually before he became a Jew by being circumcised, which was a confirmation of his trust in God to make him right. This happened before he was circumcised, so he is the father of everyone who trusts in God and are considered as right by God, even though they may not be circumcised Jews.

Galatians 5:3Let me repeat: every man who is circumcised has to keep the whole of the 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 →

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