He that is born in thine house, and he that is bought
with
thy money, must needs be circumcised
Or "in circumcising shall be circumcised" F12, shall
certainly be circumcised; this is repeated to denote the
necessity of it, and what care should be taken that this be done,
because there was to be no uncircumcised male among them, (
Genesis
17:10 ) ; nor any conversation and communion to be had among
them, especially in a religious way.
And my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting
covenant;
circumcision was to be seen in their flesh, and no methods were
to be taken to draw over the foreskin again, but it was to
continue as long as they lived; and so in their posterity, in all
succeeding ages, as a sign of the covenant and promise which
should remain until the Messiah's coming.
F12 (lwmy lwmh) "circumcidendo circumcidetur", Pagninus, Montanus &c.