Levitico 12:3

3 E, nell’ottavo giorno, circoncidasi la carne del prepuzio del fanciullo.

Levitico 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.

Levitico 12:3 In-Context

1 IL Signore parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo: Parla a’ figliuoli d’Israele, dicendo:

2 Quando una donna avrà fatto un figliuolo, e avrà partorito un maschio, sia immonda sette giorni; sia immonda come al tempo che è separata per la sua immondizia.

3 E, nell’ottavo giorno, circoncidasi la carne del prepuzio del fanciullo.

4 Poi stia quella donna trentatrè giorni a purificarsi del sangue; non tocchi alcuna cosa sacra, e non venga al Santuario, finchè non sieno compiuti i giorni della sua purificazione.

5 Ma, se partorisce una femmina, sia immonda lo spazio di due settimane, come al tempo ch’ella è separata per la sua immondizia, poi stia sessantasei giorni a purificarsi del sangue.