Leviticus 12:3

New Life Version

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

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 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 Then the Lord said to Moses, ² "Say to the people of Israel, ‘When a woman gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean for seven days as during her time each month. ³ On the eighth day the child is to go through the religious act of becoming a Jew. ⁴ The mother will be unclean for thirty-three days, until her blood stops flowing. She will not touch any holy thing or go into the holy place, until the days for making her clean are finished. ⁵ If she gives birth to a female child, she will be unclean for two weeks, as during the time she is unclean each month. She will be unclean for sixty-six days, until her blood stops flowing.

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Cross-References

Genesis 18:18
since Abraham will become a great and powerful nation, because good will come to all the nations of the earth through him?

Genesis 27:29
May nations serve you, and the people bow down in front of you. Be the ruler of your brothers. May your mother's sons bow down in front of you. Cursed be those who curse you, and may good come to those who honor you."

Genesis 28:14
They will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread out to the west and the east and the north and the south. Good will come to all the families of the earth because of you and your children.

Genesis 30:27
But Laban said to him, "If now it pleases you, stay with me. I have learned that the Lord has brought good to me because of you."

Genesis 30:30
For you had little before I came. But now it has become very much. The Lord has brought good to you everywhere I turned. But when will I be able to give much to those of my own house also?"

Genesis 39:5
And from the time that he watched over his house and all he owned, the Lord brought good to the Egyptian's house because of Joseph. The Lord brought good upon all that he owned in the house and in the field.

Exodus 23:22
But if you obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will hate those who hate you and fight against those who fight against you.

Numbers 24:9
He bows down. He lies down like a lion. And as a lion, who will wake him? Good will come to everyone who prays for you. And cursed is everyone who curses you."

Psalms 72:17
May His name last forever. May His name become bigger as long as the sun shines. And let men respect themselves through Him. Let all nations honor Him.

Matthew 25:40
Then the King will say, ‘For sure, I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of My brothers, you have done it to 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.