Mitzvah #86 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth“
Scripture Reference: LEV 12:3 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Tazria)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ג וּבַיּוֹם, הַשְּׁמִינִי, יִמּוֹל, בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
3 καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ περιτεμεῖ τὴν σάρκα τῆς ἀκροβυστίας αὐτοῦ·
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Tazria
Sefer HaChinuch Number #2
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Love (Buch 2)
Section: Circumcision
Systematic Category (P119f) Signs and Symbols
