Gen. 17:10. _Circumcision_ signified or represented that mortification or the denying of our lusts, that is the condition of obtaining the blessings of the covenant. Totally denying any lust, is represented in Scripture by _cutting off_. Thus, cutting off a right hand, or right foot, is put for the... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen. 17:12. "And he that is eight days old," etc. One reason why they were not to be circumcised till they were eight days old, was because the child was legally impure till then. It was born impure, being defiled with blood, and it was seven days before it was clean; both the mother and child were... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen. 17:14. "That soul shall be cut off from his people." This and other parallel texts in the Law of Moses are not necessarily to be understood of death. It is very agreeable to the use of such expressions elsewhere, that he that is excommunicated, deprived, either by the judgment of ecclesiastical... [ Continue Reading ]