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According to James DeMeo (1989), male circumcision ([[MGM]]) originated in North East northeast Africabefore the start of recorded history.<ref name="demeo1989">{{REFjournal

}}</ref> Moses was not [[circumcised]] and did not require circumcision, however Joshua did require circumcision, so the males were circumcised when they camped at [[Gilgal]], just west of the Jordan River.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/gilgal |title=Gilgal |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |publisher=Jewish Encyclopeda |date=2008 |accessdate=2025-06-10}}</ref> Later, chapter seventeen was inserted into Genesis to cover the institutiion of circumcision.<ref></ref>