Gen. 17:12. "And he that is eight days old," etc. One reason why they were not to be circumcised till they were eight days old, was because the child was legally impure till then. It was born impure, being defiled with blood, and it was seven days before it was clean; both the mother and child were unclean seven days on that account, they being both defiled with that blood, as Leviticus 12:2; Leviticus 12:3.

Gen. 17:14

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