Genesis 34:22
Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.
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- Gen 34:14-185 verses92%
14 They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.
15 We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.
16 Then we will give you our daughters to marry, and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.
17 But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart.”
18 Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
- Gen 34:23-242 verses85%
23 If we do so, won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”
24 All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised.
- Gen 34:20-212 verses82%
20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,
21 “These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry.
- Gen 34:9-102 verses75%
9 Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves.
10 You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”
- Gen 17:10-145 verses73%
10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
11 You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.
12 Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.
13 They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder.
14 Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people– he has failed to carry out my requirement.”
- Gen 17:23-242 verses72%
23 Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household(whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.
24 Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;
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48 “When a resident foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land– but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.
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14 The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”
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10 Come, let’s deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country.”
- Josh 5:4-52 verses72%
4 This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the wilderness after they left Egypt.
5 Now all the men who left were circumcised, but all the sons born on the journey through the wilderness after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.
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20 We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.”
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27 All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
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30 “We will not give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, and we will not take their daughters in marriage for our sons.
- Josh 9:6-72 verses70%
6 They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel,“We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us.”
7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites,“Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?”
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16 Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!
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7 How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the LORD’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”
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26 That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples. I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the LORD’s sight. Moreover, none of the people of Israel are circumcised when it comes to their hearts.”
- Num 32:16-172 verses70%
16 The Offer of the Reubenites and Gadites Then they came very close to him and said,“We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,
17 but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.
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22 When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we’ll say to them,“Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don’t worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.’”
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11 Our leaders and all who live in our land told us,‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them,“We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us.”’
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28 They replied,“We could plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us– between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you