Leviticus 12:3

Christian Standard Bible ®

The flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

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

Lexham English Bible
And on the eighth day his foreskin's flesh shall be circumcised.

New Century Version
On the eighth day the boy must be circumcised.

New English Translation
On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised.

Amplified Bible
'On the eighth day the flesh of the male child's foreskin shall be circumcised.

New American Standard Bible
'Then on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Geneva Bible (1587)
(And in the eight day, the foreskin of the childes flesh shalbe circumcised)

Legacy Standard Bible
Now on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Contemporary English Version
Her son must be circumcised on the eighth day,

Complete Jewish Bible
On the eighth day, the baby's foreskin is to be circumcised.

Darby Translation
And on the eighth day shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised.

Easy-to-Read Version
The baby boy must be circumcised on the eighth day.

English Standard Version
And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

George Lamsa Translation
And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Good News Translation
On the eighth day, the child shall be circumcised.

Literal Translation
And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and in ye eight daye shal ye flesh of his foreskynne be cut awaie.

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

Bible in Basic English
And on the eighth day let him be given circumcision.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the eyght day, the fleshe of the childes foreskinne shalbe cut away.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

King James Version (1611)
And in the eight day, the flesh of his foreskinne shall be circumcised.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And on the eighth day she shall circumcise the flesh of his foreskin.

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

Berean Standard Bible
And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy's foreskin is to be circumcised.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the yong child schal be circumsidid in the eiytithe dai.

Young's Literal Translation
and in the eighth day is the flesh of his foreskin circumcised;

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

World English Bible
In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

New King James Version
And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

New Living Translation
On the eighth day the boy's foreskin must be circumcised.

New Life Bible
On the eighth day the child is to go through the religious act of becoming a Jew.

New Revised Standard
On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, on the eighth day, shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised:

Revised Standard Version
And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Contextual Overview

¹The Lord spoke to Moses: ²“Tell the Israelites: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is during the days of her menstrual impurity. ³The flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day. ⁴She will continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch any holy thing or go into the sanctuary until completing her days of purification. ⁵But if she gives birth to a female child, she will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstrual impurity. She will continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

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Cross-References

Genesis 18:18
Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.

Genesis 27:29
May peoples serve youand nations bow in worship to you.Be master over your relatives;may your mother’s sons bow in worship to you.Those who curse you will be cursed,and those who bless you will be blessed.

Genesis 28:14
Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Genesis 30:27
But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor with you, stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”

Genesis 30:30
For you had very little before I came, but now your wealth has increased. The Lord has blessed you because of me. And now, when will I also do something for my own family?”

Genesis 39:5
From the time that he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph. The Lord’s blessing was on all that he owned, in his house and in his fields.

Exodus 23:22
But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

Numbers 24:9
He crouches, he lies down like a lionor a lioness—who dares to rouse him?Those who bless you will be blessed,and those who curse you will be cursed.

Psalms 72:17
May his name endure forever;as long as the sun shines,may his fame increase.May all nations be blessed by himand call him blessed.

Matthew 25:40
“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. Or the foreskin of his flesh, that is, of the man child born according to the law, Genesis 17:12 and this seems to furnish out a reason why a male child was not circumcised before the eighth day, and why it was then, because before that its mother was in her separation and uncleanness, and then was freed from it; and so the Targum of Jonathan. The circumcision of a male child on the eighth day was religiously observed, and even was not omitted on account of the sabbath, when the eighth day happened to be on that,

Genesis 17:12- : Genesis 17:12- :. It is an observation of Aben Ezra on this place, that the wise men say "in the day", and not in the night, lo, he that is born half an hour before the setting of the sun is circumcised after six days and a half, for the day of the law is not from time to time.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On circumcision, see Genesis 17:5 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 12:3. And in the eighth day — Before this time the child could scarcely be considered as having strength sufficient to bear the operation; after this time it was not necessary to delay it, as the child was not considered to be in covenant with God, and consequently not under the especial protection of the Divine providence and grace, till this rite had been performed. On circumcision Genesis 17:10; Genesis 17:10. Circumcision was to every man a constant, evident sign of the covenant into which he had entered with God, and of the moral obligations under which he was thereby laid. It was also a means of purity, and was especially necessary among a people naturally incontinent, and in a climate not peculiarly favourable to chastity. This is a light in which this subject should ever be viewed, and in which we see the reasonableness, propriety, expediency, and moral tendency of the ceremony.