“Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.”
Genesis 17:12
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Why was the covenant sign cut into the body?
The promise was about offspring, so God put its sign in the body, at the place the promised generations would come from. Covenants were made by cutting, karath (H3772), and the mark is called an oth (H226), a sign, the same word used for the rainbow (Genesis 9:12). The rainbow was for all flesh to see; this sign was carried hidden in one family.
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