Leviticus 12:3
What does Leviticus 12:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 12:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And on the eighth day let him be given circumcision.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and in the eighth day is the flesh of his foreskin circumcised;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And on the eighth day shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised.
Context
v.2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean.
v.3This passage
v.4And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
- Philippians 3:5
circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
- Genesis 17:11
And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.
- Galatians 5:3
Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
- Romans 4:11
and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;
- Luke 1:59
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
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