In ancient Israel, when non - Jews became proselytes, they had to submit to the Mosaic Law, and males had to symbolize this by getting circumcised.
Kad senajā Izraēlā cittautieši kļuva par prozelītiem, viņiem bija jāpakļaujas Mozus bauslībai; vīriešiem tas bija jāparāda apgraizoties. ( 2. Mozus 12: 48, 49.)