“Eight Days Old”

Monday, September 03, 2018

When was Moses circumcised?

Sincerely,
Medical Records

Dear Medical Records,

In his infancy, Moses was cared for wholly by his biological Jewish parents (Ex 2:2).  It was only when he got big enough that they could no longer hide Moses from the Egyptians that Moses was put amongst the reeds to be found and adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter (Ex 2:3-5).  Moses’ parents were faithful Jews (Heb 11:23) and would have had Moses circumcised at the appropriate time.  All male children were supposed to be circumcised when they were eight days old (Gen 17:10-12).  Therefore, Moses was circumcised when he was eight days old.

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