Levítico 12:3

3 E no dia oitavo se circuncidará ao menino a carne do seu prepúcio.

Levítico 12:3 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 12:3

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, (See Gill on John 7:22) (See Gill on John 7:23). 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.

Levítico 12:3 In-Context

1 Disse mais o Senhor a Moisés:

2 Fala aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: Se uma mulher conceber e tiver um menino, será imunda sete dias; assim como nos dias da impureza da sua enfermidade, será imunda.

3 E no dia oitavo se circuncidará ao menino a carne do seu prepúcio.

4 Depois permanecerá ela trinta e três dias no sangue da sua purificação; em nenhuma coisa sagrada tocará, nem entrará no santuário até que se cumpram os dias da sua purificação.

5 Mas, se tiver uma menina, então sera imunda duas semanas, como na sua impureza; depois permanecerá sessenta e seis dias no sangue da sua purificação.