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Leviticus 12:3

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Circumcision;   Defilement;   Sanitation;   The Topic Concordance - Uncleanness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Circumcision;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Circumcision;   Year;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Circumcision;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ;   Woman;   Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Birth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Unclean and Clean;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Birth;   Clean, Cleanness;   Leprosy;   Leviticus;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Circumcision;   Clean and Unclean;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Infancy;   Joseph (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Circumcision;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Children;   Circumcision;   Uncleanness;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Year;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Other Laws;   Law of Moses, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Defile;   Foreskin;   Genesis;   Joseph, Husband of Mary;   Law in the New Testament;   Leviticus;   Number;   Sanctuary;   Uncleanness;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Birth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Circumcision;   Commandments, the 613;   Jubilees, Book of;   Medicine;  

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.
Christian Standard Bible®
The flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.
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

1 God spoke to Moses: "Tell the People of Israel, A woman who conceives and gives birth to a boy is ritually unclean for seven days, the same as during her menstruation. On the eighth day circumcise the boy. The mother must stay home another thirty-three days for purification from her bleeding. She may not touch anything consecrated or enter the Sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete. If she gives birth to a girl, she is unclean for fourteen days, the same as during her menstruation. She must stay home for sixty-six days for purification from her bleeding.

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Cross-References

Genesis 30:27
Laban said, "If you please, I have learned through divine inquiry that God has blessed me because of you." He went on, "So name your wages. I'll pay you."
Numbers 24:9
By now Balaam realized that God wanted to bless Israel. So he didn't work in any sorcery as he had done earlier. He turned and looked out over the wilderness. As Balaam looked, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe. The Spirit of God came on him, and he spoke his oracle-message: Decree of Balaam son of Beor, yes, decree of a man with 20/20 vision; Decree of a man who hears God speak, who sees what The Strong God shows him, Who falls on his face in worship, who sees what's really going on. What beautiful tents, Jacob, oh, your homes, Israel! Like valleys stretching out in the distance, like gardens planted by rivers, Like sweet herbs planted by the gardener God , like red cedars by pools and springs, Their buckets will brim with water, their seed will spread life everywhere. Their king will tower over Agag and his ilk, their kingdom surpassingly majestic. God brought them out of Egypt, rampaging like a wild ox, Gulping enemies like morsels of meat, crushing their bones, snapping their arrows. Israel crouches like a lion and naps, king-of-the-beasts—who dares disturb him? Whoever blesses you is blessed, whoever curses you is cursed.
Matthew 25:45
"He will answer them, ‘I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you failed to do one of these things to someone who was being overlooked or ignored, that was me—you failed to do it to me.'
Galatians 3:28
In Christ's family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. Also, since you are Christ's family, then you are Abraham's famous "descendant," heirs according to the covenant promises.
Ephesians 1:3
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
Revelation 7:9
I looked again. I saw a huge crowd, too huge to count. Everyone was there—all nations and tribes, all races and languages. And they were standing, dressed in white robes and waving palm branches, standing before the Throne and the Lamb and heartily singing: Salvation to our God on his Throne! Salvation to the Lamb! All who were standing around the Throne—Angels, Elders, Animals—fell on their faces before the Throne and worshiped God, singing: Oh, Yes! The blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving, The honor and power and strength, To our God forever and ever and ever! Oh, Yes!

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.


 
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