Levitico 12:3

3 L’ottavo giorno si circonciderà la carne del prepuzio del bambino.

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 L’Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo: "Parla così ai figliuoli d’Israele:

2 Quando una donna sarà rimasta incinta e partorirà un maschio, sarà impura sette giorni; sarà impura come nel tempo de’ suoi corsi mensuali.

3 L’ottavo giorno si circonciderà la carne del prepuzio del bambino.

4 Poi, ella resterà ancora trentatre giorni a purificarsi del suo sangue; non toccherà alcuna cosa santa, e non entrerà nel santuario finché non siano compiuti i giorni della sua purificazione.

5 Ma, se partorisce una bambina, sarà impura due settimane come al tempo de’ suoi corsi mensuali; e resterà sessantasei giorni a purificarsi del suo sangue.