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circumcision for health reasons

Circumcision in the Bible: What was it really all about? – Why on the 8th day?

16 November 2019 -16 November 2019 - by Ray Hermann, D.Min.

Ritual circumcision was already practiced by some heathen people before the time of Abraham. Even though the original significance is no longer remembered, the rite was known to be used by some cultures as a sanitary operation, a tribal mark, or a sacrificial portion of flesh to gods after human sacrifices began to decline. Another …

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Categories Christian, Faith & Prayer, Jewish, Judeo-Christian, Medical Science, Miscellaneous, New Testament, Old Testament, Other Books of Bible, Science, Spiritual Tags 1 Corinthians 7:17-20, 1 Maccabees 1:14-15, 4, circumcision and vitamin K, circumcision for health reasons, circumcision of the heart, circumcision to stop masturbation, foreskin removal, foreskin restoration, foreskin stretching, Genesis 17:9-12, Jeremiah 4:1-2, jesus' circumcision, jewish and christian circumcision, minor and radical circumcision, pondus Judaeus, Ray Hermann, reverse circumcision 8 Comments

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