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Why were the Israelites not circumcised in the desert?
Genesis 21:4 (NIV) When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham
circumcised him, as God commanded him.
Starting with Abraham, the Israelite men were circumcised and a boy at the eighth day ...
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Why is circumcision not a requirement for Christians?
I recently read an argument which was basically 'Paul against Jesus' type and was something like this:
Jesus said that He didn't come to abolish the Jewish laws but to fulfill them.
Matt. 5:17
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Did Christians stop the practice of Berith (Brith, Bris?) immediately?
Did Christians stop the practice of Berith (Brith, Bris?) immediately and based on which scripture?
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Who represented “the Lord” in Exodus 4:24-26, and what's the deal with the foreskin?
In Exodus 4:24-26:
At a lodging place on the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. “Surely ...
