"And you shall be circumcisedin the fleshof your foreskin,and it shall be the signof the covenantbetweenMe and you.
Godsaid,"Thisis the signof the covenantwhichI am makingbetweenMe and you and everylivingcreaturethat is with you, for allsuccessivegenerations;
So Davidsentmessengersto Ish-bosheth,Saul'sson,saying,"Giveme my wifeMichal,to whomI was betrothedfor a hundredforeskinsof the Philistines."
"But ifa strangersojournswith you, and celebratesthe Passoverto the LORD,let allhis malesbe circumcised,and thenlet him comenearto celebrateit; and he shall be like a nativeof the land.But nouncircumcisedperson may eatof it.
Then Zipporahtooka flintand cutoffher son'sforeskinand threwit at Moses' feet,and she said,"You are indeeda bridegroomof bloodto me."
"And He gavehim the covenantof circumcision;and so[Abraham] became the fatherof Isaac,and circumcisedhim on the eighthday;and Isaac[became the father of] Jacob,and Jacob[of] the twelvepatriarchs.
and he receivedthe signof circumcision,a sealof the righteousnessof the faithwhich he had while uncircumcised,sothat he might be the fatherof allwho believewithout being circumcised,that righteousnessmight be creditedto them,
"So circumciseyour heart,and stiffenyour necknolonger.
So Joshuamadehimself flintknivesand circumcisedthe sonsof Israelat Gibeath-haaraloth.
