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    "figure_name": "Circumcision of Heart Imagery",
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    "alternate_names": "heart circumcision imagery; inward circumcision imagery; covenant sign imagery; circumcision without hands",
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    "reader_category": "Covenant sign and inward renewal / Heart circumcision imagery",
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    "simple_definition": "Circumcision of heart imagery uses the covenant sign of circumcision to describe inward repentance, spiritual renewal, separation from uncleanness, and covenant loyalty that is more than outward mark.",
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      "reference": "Deut. 10:16",
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      "reference": "Ezek. 44:7",
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      "reference": "Acts 7:51",
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      "reference": "Rom. 2:28-29",
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      "reference": "Gal. 5:6",
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