Genesis 17:10

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Summary

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

Every

General references

Genesis 21:4

Exodus 12:24

Bible References

Every

You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

We will agree with you only on this condition: if all your males are circumcised as we are.

So Zipporah took a flint, cut off her son’s foreskin, and threw it at Moses’ feet. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood to me!”

If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the Lord’s Passover, every male in his household must be circumcised, and then he may participate; he will become like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it.

Therefore, circumcise your hearts and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.

The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live.

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelite men again.”

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.
Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire
and burn with no one to extinguish it
because of your evil deeds.

“The days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:

Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs.

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

Is this blessing only for the circumcised, then? Or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

Was anyone already circumcised when he was called? He should not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to keep the entire law.

Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised—but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands.

For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh—

You were also circumcised in Him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of the Messiah.

General references

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

“Keep this command permanently as a statute for you and your descendants.