Levítico 12:3

3 "Al octavo día la carne del prepucio del niño será circuncidada.

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 Y el SEÑOR habló a Moisés, diciendo:

2 Habla a los hijos de Israel y diles: "Cuando una mujer dé a luz y tenga varón, quedará impura por siete días; como en los días de su menstruación, será impura.

3 "Al octavo día la carne del prepucio del niño será circuncidada.

4 "Y ella permanecerá en la sangre de su purificación por treinta y tres días; no tocará ninguna cosa consagrada ni entrará al santuario hasta que los días de su purificación sean cumplidos.

5 "Pero si da a luz una niña, quedará impura por dos semanas, como en los días de su menstruación; y permanecerá en la sangre de su purificación por sesenta y seis días.