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Die volgende aanhalings word aangebied in die oorspronklike Engels: If the descendants of Abraham had kept the covenant, of which circumcision was a sign, there would have been no necessity for God's law to be proclaimed from Sinai or engraved upon tablets of stone. EP 255.1 A short distance from Jordan the Hebrews made their first encampment in Canaan. The suspension of the rite of circumcision and the discontinuance of the Passover had been an evidence of the Lord's displeasure at their desire to return to the land of bondage. Now, however, the years of rejection were ended. The sign of the covenant was restored. The rite of circumcision was performed upon all the people who had been born in the wilderness. And the Lord declared to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. EP 344.4 Die saak van sirkumsisie is deur Paulus hervat en hy bevestig wel dat die hele volk hierdeur gegaan het. 1 Kor. 10:1 “Want ek wil nie he, broeders, dat julle nie sou weet nie dat ons vaders almal onder die wolk was en almal deur die see deurgegaan het, 2 en almal in Moses gedoop is in die wolk en in die see, 3 en almal dieselfde geestelike spys geëet het, 4en almal dieselfde geestelike drank gedrink het, want hulle het gedrink uit 'n geestelike rots wat gevolg het, en die rots was Christus”. In the covenant with Noah it is used in the sense of assurance, or evidence of stability. The bow in the cloud was given as a sign or token that God would not again destroy the earth by a flood. Genesis 9:13. In the covenant with Abraham, circumcision was the token or sign. This ratified, or made sure; for they who had not this token were cut off. Genesis 17:11, 14. “This sign or token was an institution, a rite” Genesis gives a memorial as one definition of the word found in the original of these texts. But a memorial, in the sense of a reminder, or a remembrance, is a token or sign. GC88 690.3 In Exodus 31:17 and Ezekiel 20:12, 20, The Sabbath of the Lord is called a sign. It is a memorial of the Creator's work, and so a sign of his power and Godhead. Romans 1:20. This is also an institution, as was circumcision; but there is this distinction: circumcision was a sign in the flesh, while the Sabbath is a sign in the mind. Hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. Ezekiel 20:20. {GC88 690.4} The Hebrews made their first camp in Canaan, not far from the Jordan River. The stopping of the Passover celebration and the rite of circumcision had been evidence of the Lord's displeasure because of their desire to return to the land of slavery and their breaking of the covenant. Now, however, the years of rejection had ended, and the sign of the covenant was restored. The rite of circumcision was performed on those who had been born in the wilderness, and the Lord declared to Joshua, This day I have rolled away from the reproach of Egypt from you. {BOE 241.4}