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.

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General references

Genesis 21:4

Exodus 12:24

Bible References

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You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.

We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.

But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to Moses' feet, and said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me."

"When a foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land -- but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.

Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

At that time the Lord told Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again."

Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done."

The Lord says, "Watch out! The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh.

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say, "faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness."

Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female -- for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh -- who are called "uncircumcision" by the so-called "circumcision" that is performed on the body by human hands --

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials

In him you also were circumcised -- not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.

General references

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

You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever.