10 This is my covenant that YOU men will keep, between me and YOU men, even your seed after you:+ Every male of YOURS must get circumcised.+

3 But his father and his mother said to him: “Is there not among the daughters of your brothers and among all my people a woman,+ so that you are going to take a wife from the uncircumcised Phi·lisʹtines?”+ Still Samson said to his father: “Get just her for me, because she is the one just right in my eyes.”

18 Now he became very thirsty, and he began to call on Jehovah and say: “It was you that gave this great salvation into the hand of your servant,+ and now shall I die of thirst and must I fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”+

36 Both the lion and the bear your servant struck down; and this uncircumcised Phi·lisʹtine+ must become like one of them, for he has taunted+ the battle lines+ of the living God.”*+

4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer:+ “Draw your sword+ and run me through with it, that these uncircumcised+ men may not come and certainly deal abusively+ with me.” And his armor-bearer was unwilling,+ because he was very much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell upon it.+

26 upon Egypt+ and upon Judah+ and upon Eʹdom+ and upon the sons of Amʹmon+ and upon Moʹab+ and upon all those with hair clipped at the temples who are dwelling in the wilderness;+ for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”+