3 On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised.
3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
3 And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
3 On the eighth day circumcise the boy.
3 And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
3 On the eighth day the boy's foreskin must be circumcised.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 12:3
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Ceremonial purification.
After the laws concerning clean and unclean food, come the laws concerning clean and unclean persons. Man imparts his depraved nature to his offspring, so that, excepting as the atonement of Christ and the sanctification of the Spirit prevent, the original blessing, "Increase and multiply," Genesis 1:28, is become to the fallen race a direful curse, and communicates sin and misery. Let those women who have received mercy from God in child-bearing, with all thankfulness own God's goodness to them; and this shall please the Lord better than sacrifices.