Leviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
BSB
ASV
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
KJV
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
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, Gen 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.
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 see Clarke’s note on Gen 17:
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Luke 2:21When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
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Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
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Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
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Philippians 3:5circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
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Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in…
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