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JOSEPH SMITH TRANSLATION
GENESIS 17: 3-7, 11-12
God established a covenant of circumcision with Abraham. The ordinance of baptism and the age at which children become accountable were revealed to Abraham. (compare Genesis 17: 3-12)
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And it came to pass, that Abram fell on his face, and called upon the name of the Lord.
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And God talked with him, saying, My people have gone astray from my precepts, and have not kept mine ordinances, which I gave unto their fathers;
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And they have not observed mine anointing, and the burial, or baptism wherewith I commanded them;
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But have turned from the commandment, and taken unto themselves the washing of children, and the blood of sprinkling;
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And have said that the blood of the righteous Able was shed for sins; and have not known wherein they are accountable before me.
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And I will establish a covenant of circumcision with thee, and it shall be my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations; that thou mayest know for ever that children are not accountable before me until they are eight years old.
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And thou shalt observe to keep all my covenants wherein I covenanted with thy fathers; and thou shalt keep the commandments which I have given thee with mine own mouth, and I will be a God unto thee and thy seed after thee.
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