Leviticus 12:3
And, on the eighth day, shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 17:11So shall ye be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin,—So shall it become a sign of a covenant, betwixt me and you.
Leviticus 15:3And, this shall be his uncleanness in his flux,—whether his flesh is running with his flux or his flesh hath closed from his flux, his uncleanness, it is.
Luke 1:59And it came to pass, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and were calling it, after the name of its father, Zachariah.
John 7:22For this cause, Moses, hath given you, circumcision,—not that, of Moses, it is, but of the fathers;—and, on Sabbath, ye circumcise a man.
Romans 4:11And, a sign, he received [namely] of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while yet uncircumcised; to the end he might be father of all that believe during uncircumcision, to the end [the same] righteousness might be reckoned unto them,—
Galatians 5:3Yea, I bear solemn witness again, unto every man getting circumcised,—that he is, a debtor, 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 →