Leviticus 12:3
On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised.
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- Luke 1:59 : 59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.
- Luke 2:21 : 21 At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
- John 7:22-23 : 22 However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision(not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath. 23 But if a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
- Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
- Rom 4:11-12 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them. 12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.
- Gal 3:17 : 17 What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.
- Gal 5:3 : 3 And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
- Phil 3:5 : 5 I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.
- Col 2:11 : 11 In him you also were circumcised– not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.
- Gen 17:11-12 : 11 You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you. 12 Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.
- Deut 30:6 : 6 The LORD your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.
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- Gen 17:10-145 verses85%
10This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
11You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.
12Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.
13They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder.
14Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people– he has failed to carry out my requirement.”
- Lev 12:1-22 verses81%
1Purification of a Woman after Childbirth The LORD spoke to Moses:
2“Tell the Israelites,‘When a woman produces offspring and bears a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is unclean during the days of her menstruation.
- Lev 12:4-74 verses79%
4Then she will remain thirty-three days in blood purity. She must not touch anything holy and she must not enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.
5If she bears a female child, she will be impure fourteen days as during her menstrual flow, and she will remain sixty-six days in blood purity.
6“‘When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest.
7The priest is to present it before the LORD and make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law of the one who bears a child, for the male or the female child.
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4When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.
- Lev 15:13-142 verses75%
13Purity Regulations for Male Bodily Discharges“‘When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in fresh water, and be clean.
14Then on the eighth day he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and he is to present himself before the LORD at the entrance of the Meeting Tent and give them to the priest,
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23“On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent before the LORD,
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8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
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48“When a resident foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land– but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.
- Lev 14:8-103 verses74%
8The Seven Days of Purification“The one being cleansed must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days.
9When the seventh day comes he must shave all his hair– his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair– and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean.
10The Eighth Day Atonement Rituals“On the eighth day he must take two flawless male lambs, one flawless yearling female lamb, three-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a grain offering mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil,
- Gen 17:23-264 verses74%
23Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household(whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.
24Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;
25his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.
26Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.
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30You must also do this for your oxen and for your sheep; seven days they may remain with their mothers, but give them to me on the eighth day.
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12He must purify himself with water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, then he will not be clean.
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10On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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35“‘On the eighth day you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it.
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22However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision(not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath.
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59On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.
- Lev 15:28-292 verses71%
28Purity Regulations from Female Bodily Discharges“‘If she becomes clean from her discharge, then she is to count off for herself seven days, and afterward she will be clean.
29Then on the eighth day she must take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and she must bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent,
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8All the days of his separation he must be holy to the LORD.
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44But everyone’s servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it.
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7And do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification on them; then have them shave all their body and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
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27“When an ox, lamb, or goat is born, it must be under the care of its mother seven days, but from the eighth day onward it will be acceptable as an offering gift to the LORD.
- Josh 5:7-82 verses71%
7He replaced them with their sons, whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way.
8When all the men had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed.
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16Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!
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26After a priest has become ceremonially clean, they must count off a period of seven days for him.
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18Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.
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9On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for seven more days.