Expositor's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 12:4-8
PURIFICATION AFTER CHILD BIRTHLeviticus 12:4-8"And 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. But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a... read more
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 12:3
THE ORDINANCE OF CIRCUMCISIONLeviticus 12:3"And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised."Although the rite of circumcision here receives a new and special sanction, it had been appointed long before by God as the sign of His covenant with Abraham. {; Genesis 17:10-14} Nor was circumcision, probably, even then a new thing. That the ancient Egyptians practised it is well known; so also did the Arabs and Phoenicians; in fact, the custom has been very extensively observed,... read more