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After He obligated circumcision in many clear and consecutive versus, he emphasized that one who is uncircumcised is obligated in death as it says (Genesis 17:14) “And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.'” Then He repeats with teachings that the reason for this is the covenant, and if one transgresses the covenant he is obligated in death. And this is derived from the verse (Genesis 17:14) “that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.” We already mentioned above that reason prevents us from concluding that a child who is uncircumcised past their eight day is obligated to be killed, or that he is obligated to circumcise himself, for such would be an impossible command for a child to fulfill and its unfulfillment is guaranteed. Thus, the verse (Genesis 17:14) “And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin” only applies to adults who are uncircumcised and who are self-conscious and aware of the commandment and still do not fulfill it, he is obligated with death. Indeed both reason and analogy both obligate death upon whomever is responsible for a child, whether his father or another person, to be circumcised on the eighth day and neglects this responsibility.
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And if one were to argue that one is obligated to be killed only if he does not circumcise the child at all, and not merely for only missing the eight day, behold such an argument is not acceptable. For if such a view was correct, the individual responsible for the child would never be killed, for he could say on the eighth day I will circumcise him on the ninth day to save himself from death. And then on the ninth day, and each subsequent day, he can keep promising to circumcise the child the next day to save himself, and continue delaying until the day of his natural death. Clearly this is not what the verse intends, and the obligation of death certainly begins once the eighth day has concluded unless he has failed due to extenuating circumstances.