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Positive Commandment #86 of 613
Circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth
Commandment #86 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 12:3, classified under Signs and Symbols in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.”
— Leviticus 12:3
Hebrew
ג וּבַיּוֹם, הַשְּׁמִינִי, יִמּוֹל, בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ.
Greek (Septuagint)
3 καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ περιτεμεῖ τὴν σάρκα τῆς ἀκροβυστίας αὐτοῦ·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Signs and Symbols
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 12
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Tazria
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #2
- Mishneh Torah
- LoveCircumcision
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