Genesis 17:11
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11 You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.
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Romans 4:11
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11 Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous—even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.
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Acts 7:8
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8 “God also gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision at that time. So when Abraham became the father of Isaac, he circumcised him on the eighth day. And the practice was continued when Isaac became the father of Jacob, and when Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs of the Israelite nation.
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Deuteronomy 10:16
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16 Therefore, change your hearts[a] and stop being stubborn.
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- 10:16 Hebrew circumcise the foreskin of your hearts.
2 Samuel 3:14
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14 David then sent this message to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son: “Give me back my wife Michal, for I bought her with the lives[a] of 100 Philistines.”
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- 3:14 Hebrew the foreskins.
1 Samuel 18:25-27
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25 he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.
26 David was delighted to accept the offer. Before the time limit expired, 27 he and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. Then David fulfilled the king’s requirement by presenting all their foreskins to him. So Saul gave his daughter Michal to David to be his wife.
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Joshua 5:3
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3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the entire male population of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.[a]
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- 5:3 Gibeath-haaraloth means “hill of foreskins.”
Exodus 12:48
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48 “If there are foreigners living among you who want to celebrate the Lord’s Passover, let all their males be circumcised. Only then may they celebrate the Passover with you like any native-born Israelite. But no uncircumcised male may ever eat the Passover meal.
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Exodus 4:25
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25 But Moses’ wife, Zipporah, took a flint knife and circumcised her son. She touched his feet[a] with the foreskin and said, “Now you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
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- 4:25 The Hebrew word for “feet” may refer here to the male sex organ.
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