I only know what Scripture says,
and Gen. 17:11-12 is where God gives the instructions to circumcise on the eighth day, "You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that will be the sign of the covenant between myself and you. As soon as he is eight days old, every one of your males, generation after generation, must be circumcised, including slaves born within the household or bought from a foreigner not of your descent." God told them "on the eighth day" so that boys would not bleed to death is my understanding.
Otherwise circumcision could be performed at any time and any where they choose. Circumcision is what caused a major arguement between Moses and his bride and she called him a "bloody bridgroom."
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