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n. - The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.

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  • Made by joining right hands, and turning them downwards thrice, saying, the first time, Berith -- the second time,
  • The temple of Berith must come down, and I do not care how it comes.
  • Abimelech has taken the whole city, but he can not take this temple of Berith.
  • But how shall Abimelech and his army take this temple of Berith and the men who are there fortified?
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