¹¹ and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be ^(A)a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

¹¹ And ^(A)he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that ^(B)he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also,

^8 (A)Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; ^(B)and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; ^(C)and Isaac begot Jacob, and ^(D)Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.

¹⁴ So David sent messengers to ^(A)Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself ^(B)for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

²⁵ Then Saul said, “Thus you shall say to David: ‘The king does not desire any ^(A)dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take ^(B)vengeance on the king’s enemies.’ ” But Saul ^(C)thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. ²⁶ So when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to become the king’s son-in-law. Now ^(D)the days had not expired; ²⁷ therefore David arose and went, he and ^(E)his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And ^(F)David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.

³ So Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at ^[a]the hill of the foreskins.

¹⁶ Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your ^(A)heart, and be ^(B)stiff-necked^[a] no longer.

⁴⁸ And ^(A)when a stranger ^[a]dwells with you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it.

²⁵ Then ^(A)Zipporah took ^(B)a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and ^[a]cast it at ^[b]Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!”