They said to them,“ We couldn’t possibly allow this, because you’re not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you!

对他们说：“我们不能把我们的妹子给没有受割礼的人为妻，因为那是我们的羞辱。

对他们说：“我们不能做这样的事，把我们的妹妹嫁给没有受割礼的人为妻，因为那是我们的羞耻。

对他们说：“我们不能做这样的事，把我们的妹妹嫁给没有受割礼的人为妻，因为那是我们的羞耻。

“我们不能把妹妹嫁给没有受过割礼的人，这对我们是一种羞辱。

对他们说：“我们不能把妹妹给一个没有受割礼的人为妻，因为那是我们的耻辱。

对他们说：“把我们的妹妹交给一个未受割礼的人，我们不能做这样的事，因为这对我们是一种羞辱。

對他們說：「我們不能把我們的妹子給沒有受割禮的人為妻，因為那是我們的羞辱。

對他們說：「我們不能做這樣的事，把我們的妹妹嫁給沒有受割禮的人為妻，因為那是我們的羞恥。

對他們說：「我們不能做這樣的事，把我們的妹妹嫁給沒有受割禮的人為妻，因為那是我們的羞恥。

「我們不能把妹妹嫁給沒有受過割禮的人，這對我們是一種羞辱。

對他們說：“我們不能把妹妹給一個沒有受割禮的人為妻，因為那是我們的恥辱。

對他們說：『把我們的妹妹給沒有受割禮的人為妻，這事我們不能作，因為這對於我們是恥辱。

對他們說：「把我們的妹妹交給一個未受割禮的人，我們不能做這樣的事，因為這對我們是一種羞辱。

此事不可行、人未受割、而我以妹與之、自取辱耳、

此事不可行、人未受割禮、而我以妹與之、自取辱耳。

此事不可行、人未受割禮、而我以妹予之、自取辱耳、

They said to them,“ We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.

They said to them,“ We can’t do it. We can’t give our sister to a man who isn’t circumcised. That would bring shame on us.

They said to them,“ We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

“ We cannot do this thing,” they said to them.“ Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.

They said to them,“ We cannot do this thing, that is, give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

And they said to them,“ We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.

and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.

“ We cannot do this thing,” they said to them.“ Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.

And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that[ were] a reproach unto us:

They said to them,“ We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.

and said to them,“ We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!

Then he told them,“ Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,“ The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach.They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.“ Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues.They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called‘ Rabbi.’“ Don’t let anyone call you‘ Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters.And don’t address anyone here on earth as‘ Father,’ for only God in heaven is your Father.And don’t let anyone call you‘ Teacher,’ for you have only one teacher, the Messiah.The greatest among you must be a servant.But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.“ What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.

In her letters she commanded:“ Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor.

“ Let’s go across to the outpost of those pagans,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer.“ Perhaps the Lord will help us, for nothing can hinder the Lord. He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!”

You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.

Don’t announce the news in Gath, don’t proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice and the pagans will laugh in triumph.

Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant.”

At that time the Lord told Joshua,“ Make flint knives and circumcise this second generation of Israelites.”So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the entire male population of Israel at Gibeath haaraloth.Joshua had to circumcise them because all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died in the wilderness.Those who left Egypt had all been circumcised, but none of those born after the Exodus, during the years in the wilderness, had been circumcised.The Israelites had traveled in the wilderness for forty years until all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died. For they had disobeyed the Lord, and the Lord vowed he would not let them enter the land he had sworn to give us— a land flowing with milk and honey.So Joshua circumcised their sons— those who had grown up to take their fathers’ places— for they had not been circumcised on the way to the Promised Land.After all the males had been circumcised, they rested in the camp until they were healed.Then the Lord said to Joshua,“ Today I have rolled away the shame of your slavery in Egypt.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous— even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.

After four years, Absalom said to the king,“ Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and fulfill a vow I made to him.

David asked the soldiers standing nearby,“ What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”

After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.“ Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said.“ Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”