Leviticus 12 · Verse 3

Leviticus 12:3

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Leviticus 12:3, King James Version

Leviticus 12:3 in other translations

BSBAnd on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
WEBIn the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
ASVAnd in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
YLTand in the eighth day is the flesh of his foreskin circumcised;
DARBYAnd on the eighth day shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised.
BBEAnd on the eighth day let him be given circumcision.
WebsterAnd in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

What does Leviticus 12:3 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 see Clarke's note on Gen 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 favorable 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Leviticus 12:3 in the original Hebrew

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וּבַיּ֖וֹםu.vai.Yomand on the dayH3117
הַשְּׁמִינִ֑יha.she.mi.Ni<the> eighthH8066
יִמּ֖וֹלyi.Molit will be circumcisedH4135
בְּשַׂ֥רbe.Sar[the] flesh ofH1320
עָרְלָתֽוֹ\׃a.re.la.Toforeskin hisH6190

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Cross references for Leviticus 12:3

  • Luke 2:21

    And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

  • Luke 1:59

    And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

  • John 7:22-23

    Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

  • Genesis 17:11-12

    And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

  • Philippians 3:5

    Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

  • Colossians 2:11

    In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

  • Galatians 3:17

    And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  • Galatians 5:3

    For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

  • Romans 4:11-12

    And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

  • Deuteronomy 30:6

    And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 17:11,12; De 30:6; Lu 1:59; 2:21; Joh 7:22,23; Ro 3:19; 4:11,12
Ga 3:17; 5:3; Php 3:5; Col 2:11

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Context

  • Leviticus 12:2

    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.

  • Leviticus 12:3

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

  • Leviticus 12:4

    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, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

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Leviticus 12:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y al octavo día circuncidará la carne de su prepucio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et au huitième jour on circoncira la chair du prépuce de l’enfant.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und am achten Tage soll das Fleisch seiner Vorhaut beschnitten werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et die octavo circumcidetur infantulus: