Leviticus 12:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Leviticus 12:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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. …
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. …
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:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

The law here pronounces women lying-in ceremonially unclean. The Jews say, “The law extended even to an abortion, if the child was so formed as that the sex was distinguishable.” 1. There was some time of strict separation immediately after the birth, which continued seven days for a son and fourteen for a daughter, Lev. 12:2, 5. During these days she was separated from her husband and friends, an…