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In Christianity, it signifies a new beginning.

When the whole earth was covered with the flood, it was Noah "the eighth person" (2 Peter 2:5) who stepped out on to a new earth to begin a new life.

Circumcision was to be performed on the eighth day (Gen 17:12), because it was the foreshadowing of the true circumcision of the heart, that which was to be "made without hands," even "the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ" (Col 2:11).

This is connected with the new creation. This is illustrated by the facts that God designed the eighth day to begin a new week.

It may also signify grace.

David is also the 8th Son of Jesse.

The 8th day is eternity.

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