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Why did the Israelites name a place the Hill of the Foreskins?

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No Israelite men were circumcised in the wilderness. At God’s command, Joshua had the Israelites renew their covenant with God by having the men circumcised at Gibeath-haaraloth. “Gibeath-haaraloth” means “Hill of the Foreskins.”