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Philippians 3:5

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Circumcised: Genesis 17:12; Luke 2:21; John 7:21-24

of the stock: Acts 22:3; 2 Corinthians 11:22

of the tribe: Romans 11:1

an: Genesis 14:13, Genesis 40:15, Genesis 41:12; 1 Samuel 4:6; Jonah 1:9; Acts 6:1; 2 Corinthians 11:22

Pharisee: Acts 23:6, Acts 26:4-5

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