On the eighthdaythe fleshof his foreskinshall be circumcised.
"You shall dothe samewith your oxen[and] with your sheep.It shall be with its mothersevendays;on the eighthdayyou shall giveit to Me.
Then she shall remainin the bloodof [her] purificationfor thirty-threedays;she shall not touchanyconsecratedthing,norenterthe sanctuaryuntilthe daysof her purificationare completed.
This,moreover, shall be his uncleannessin his discharge:it is his uncleannesswhether his bodyallows its dischargeto floworwhether his bodyobstructsits discharge.
And it happenedthat on the eighthdaythey cameto circumcisethe child,and they were going to callhim Zacharias,afterhis father.
And wheneightdayshad passed,before His circumcision,His namewas [then] calledJesus,the name givenby the angelbeforeHe was conceivedin the womb.
Some mencame downfrom Judeaand [began] teachingthe brethren,"Unlessyou are circumcisedaccording to the customof Moses,you cannotbe saved."
Nowwe knowthat whateverthe Lawsays,it speaksto thosewho are underthe Law,sothat everymouthmay be closedand allthe worldmay becomeaccountableto God;
What I am sayingis this:the Law,which camefour hundredand thirtyyearslater,does not invalidatea covenantpreviously ratifiedby God,soas to nullifythe promise.
And I testifyagainto everymanwho receives circumcision,that he is under obligationto keepthe wholeLaw.
"Moreover the LORDyour Godwill circumciseyour heartand the heartof your descendants,to lovethe LORDyour Godwith allyour heartand with allyour soul,sothat you may live.
circumcisedthe eighth day,of the nationof Israel,of the tribeof Benjamin,a Hebrewof Hebrews;as to the Law,a Pharisee;
and in Him you were alsocircumcisedwith a circumcisionmade without hands,in the removalof the bodyof the fleshby the circumcisionof Christ;
