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the_o blasphemy_n of_o zipporah_n do_v not_o make_v null_a circumcision_n then_o use_v exod._n 4.25_o 26._o and_o for_o time_n whereas_o circumcision_n of_o the_o home-born_a shall_v have_v be_v on_o the_o eight_o day_n after_o birth_n yet_o by_o occasion_n be_v neglect_v by_o some_o near_o thirty_o eight_o year_n yet_o be_v their_o circumcision_n then_o approve_v of_o god_n himself_o josh_n 5.5.9_o and_o indeed_o if_o any_o corruption_n of_o manner_n in_o administrator_n can_v make_v null_a such_o a_o ordinance_n of_o god_n do_v outward_o or_o profess_o for_o or_o according_a to_o his_o command_n then_o circumcision_n use_v by_o they_o that_o worship_v baal_n
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