⁹ And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the ^(A)reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called ^(B)Gilgal^[a] to this day.

²⁶ And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away ^(A)the reproach from Israel? For who is this ^(B)uncircumcised Philistine, that he should ^(C)defy the armies of ^(D)the living God?”

¹⁹ The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at ^(A)Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.

¹⁴ They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for ^(A)that would be a disgrace to us.

^14 (A)“Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him ^(B)lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

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¹¹ Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called ^(A)the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— ¹² remember ^(B)that you were at that time separated from Christ, ^(C)alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to ^(D)the covenants of promise, ^(E)having no hope and without God in the world.

⁸ She did not give up her whoring ^(A)that she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her.

^3 (A)They played the whore in Egypt; ^(B)they played the whore ^(C)in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms^[a] handled.

²⁵ “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when ^(A)I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh—