Leviticus 12:3

On the eighth day the flesh of a baby boy's foreskin must be circumcised.

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

In Context

2“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives and gives birth to a male child, then she will be unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during the days of her monthly period.

4Then the mother's purification from her bleeding will continue for thirty-three days. She must not touch any holy thing or come into the tabernacle area until the days of her purification are finished.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:11You must be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

Leviticus 15:3His uncleanness is due to this infected fluid. Whether his body flows with fluid or is stopped up, it is unclean.

Luke 1:59Now it happened on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the child. They would have called him “Zechariah,” after the name of his father.

John 7:22Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the ancestors), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.

Romans 4:11Abraham received the sign of circumcision. This was a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had already possessed when he was in uncircumcision. The result of this sign was that he became the father of all those who believe, even if they are in uncircumcision. This means that righteousness will be counted for them.

Galatians 5:3I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey 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 →

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