Circumcising on the Eight Day

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Leviticus 12:1-5

The Message

Childbirth

12 ^1-5 God spoke to Moses: “Tell the People of Israel, A woman who conceives and gives birth to a boy is ritually unclean for seven days, the same as during her menstruation. On the eighth day circumcise the boy. The mother must stay home another thirty-three days for purification from her bleeding. She may not touch anything consecrated or enter the Sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete. If she gives birth to a girl, she is unclean for fourteen days, the same as during her menstruation. She must stay home for sixty-six days for purification from her bleeding.

For Reflection

Christ, by law, took the sign of a member of God's covenant, circumcision.  It was the right of His Birth.

Mary, by law, was quarantined.  The issue was purity.  One might consider the cautions of sterile environments and processes a sort of parallel, however the rituals of purification were based in religion and perhaps only slightly in the well-being of the mother and child. 

Pray

that you will be obedient to God's law and for the wisdom to know the difference between obedience driven by  the intent of God or the intent of human kind.