Circumcision: Required or Recommended?

Disclaimer: this video is an examination of religious circumcision as described in the Bible.
This video is not associated in any way with the barbaric and inhuman practices of female circumcision. They are fundamentally different practices. Neither the Bible nor myself condone the practice of female circumcision. Female circumcision (especially when forced) is a tragedy and those who force it should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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About a year ago i was asked if circumcision is required for salvation. This video is the culmination of a very lengthy study… please read along with me don’t just take my word for it.

If you’re just here for the answer to the question you can skip ahead to time stamp 2:18:11 for my conclusions.
But i think you will gain a lot of value from studying this for yourself.

If i missed any on topic scripture dealing with circumcision, let me know in the comments. The goal is to always learn more.

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Notes

Key
✳️ - progression of obedience
🔼 - outsider / not one of us
⏹️ - Heart condition
⭕️ - Timothy vs Titus

Genesis 17 : 10-27 page 15
Genesis 21 : 4 page 19
Genesis 34 : 8-31 page 36
Exodus 4 : 24-26 page 60
Exodus 12 : 43-51 page 70
Leviticus 12 : 1-3 page 115
Leviticus 19 : 23 page 125
✳️ Numbers 15 : 37-41 page 158

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⏹️ Deuteronomy 10 : 12-22 page 197
⏹️ Deuteronomy 30 : 6 page 219
✳️ Joshua 5 : 2-12 page 228
🔼 Judges 14 : 3 page 269
🔼 1 Samuel 14 : 6 page 293
🔼 1 Samuel 17 : 26-36 page 298
1 Samuel 18 : 25-30 page 301
🔼 1 Samuel 31 : 4 page 314
🔼 2 Samuel 1 : 20 page 316
2 Samuel 3 : 14 page 319
🔼 1 Chronicles 10 : 4 page 858
Isiah 52 : 1 page 455
⏹️ Jeremiah 4 : 4 page 470
⏹️ Jeremiah 9 : 25-26 page 477
Ezekiel 28 : 10 page 557
🔼 Ezekiel 31 : 18 page 561
🔼 Ezekiel 32 : 19-21 page 562
⏹️ Ezekiel 44 : 7-9 Page 576
Luke 1 : 59 page 982
Luke 2 : 21 page 984
John 7 : 21-23 page 1031
Acts 7 : 8 page 1058
Acts 10 : 45 page 1065
Acts 11 : 2-3 page 1065
Acts 15 : 1-5 page 1070
⭕️ Acts 16 : 3 page 1072
Acts 21 : 21 page 1079
Romans 2 : 25-29 page 1092
Romans 3 : 1 & 30 page 1092
Romans 4 : 10-12 page 1093
Romans 15 : 8. page 1103
1 Corinthians 7 : 18-19 page 1111
⭕️ Galatians 2 : 3 -12 page 1132
Galatians 5 : 2-12 page 1134
⏹️ Galatians 6 : 12-15 page 1135
Ephesians 2 : 11 page 1138
Philippians 3 : 3-5 page 1145
⏹️ Colossians 2 : 11-13 page 1148
Colossians 3 : 11 page 1149
Colossians 4 : 11 page 1150
Titus 1 : 10 page 1164


Time Stamps

0:00 - Introduction
0:33 - Reservations
2:11 - Is Circumcision Required?
10:58 - Study and Housekeeping Notes
14:41 - Genesis 17
23:30 - Genesis 21
24:17 - Genesis 34
32:37 - Exodus 4

i accidentally skipped

Exodus 6 : 12

“And Mosheh spoke before יהוה, saying, “The children of Yisra’ĕl have not listened to me, and why would Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”
This is repeated in v 30

38:50 - Exodus 12
43:00 - Leviticus 12
44:17 - Leviticus 19
45:48 - Deuteronomy 10
51:50 - Deuteronomy 30
53:27 - Joshua 5
59:27 - Numbers 15
1:04:30 - Judges 14
1:05:38 - 1 Samuel 14
1:06:17 - 1 Samuel 17
1:07:15 - 1 Samuel 18
1:09:20 - 1 Samuel 31
1:09:45 - 2 Samuel 1
1:10:09 - 2 Samuel 3
1:10:46 - 1 Chronicles 10
1:12:40 - Isiah 52
1:13:19 - Jeremiah 4
1:14:46 - Jeremiah 9
1:16:20 - Ezekiel 28
1:16:40 - Ezekiel 31
1:17:20 - Ezekiel 32
1:19:47 - Ezekiel 44

i accidentally skipped

Luke 1 : 59

“And it came to be, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child. And they were calling him by the name of his father, Zeḵaryah.”
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Luke 2 : 21

“And when eight days were completed for Him to be circumcised, His Name was called יהושע, the Name given by the messenger before He was conceived in the womb.”

John 7 : 21-23

יהושע
answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel. “Because of this Mosheh has given you the circumcision – though it is not from Mosheh, but from the fathers – and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the Torah of Mosheh should not be broken, are you wroth with Me because I made a man entirely
on the sabbath?”

1:22:15 - Acts 7
1:23:42 - Acts 10
1:25:07 - Acts 11
1:26:19 - Acts 15
1:38:48 - Acts 16
1:39:58 - Acts 21
1:45:19 - Romans 2
1:48:31 - Romans 3
1:49:23 - Romans 4
1:50:41 - Romans 15
1:53:09 - 1 Corinthians 7
1:54:26 - Galatians 2
2:00:00 - Galatians 5
2:05:35 - Galatians 6
2:08:11 - Ephesians 2
2:12:48 - Philippians 3
2:15:53 - Colossians 2

i accidentally skipped

Colossians 3 : 11

“where there is not Greek and Yehuḏi, circumcised and uncircumcised, foreigner, Scythian, slave, free, but Messiah is all, and in all.”
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2:17:11 - Colossians 4
2:17:44 - Titus 1
2:18:11 - Conclusion

Go Do Hard Things!