Circumcision
The physical sign of God's covenant with Abraham, performed on every male child on the eighth day (Genesis 17:10-14). Circumcision marked belonging to the covenant people and was prerequisite for participation in Passover (Exodus 12:48). The prophets spoke of 'circumcision of the heart' — inner devotion beyond the outward sign (Deuteronomy 10:16, Jeremiah 4:4). A major debate in the early church resolved that Gentile believers did not need circumcision for salvation (Acts 15, Galatians 5:6). Paul wrote, 'Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation' (Galatians 6:15).
Verses about Circumcision
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Genèse 17:10
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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Genèse 17:11
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
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Genèse 17:12
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money…
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Genèse 17:13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlast…
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Genèse 17:14
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenan…
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Genèse 17:23
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s…
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Genèse 17:24
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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Genèse 17:25
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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Genèse 17:26
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
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Genèse 17:27
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
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Genèse 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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Genèse 34:15
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
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Genèse 34:17
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
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Genèse 34:22
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
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Genèse 34:24
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the…
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Exode 4:26
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
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Exode 12:44
But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
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Exode 12:48
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and…
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Lévitique 12:3
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
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Deutéronome 10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.