Genesis 17:10-12  This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.  (11)  And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.  (12)  And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

Leviticus 12:1-3  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  (2)  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.  (3)  And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

The law and the covenant above pertain to circumcising male children. When a child turns 8 days old, the foreskin of his penis is supposed to be cut off according to this law. It is a righteous act to keep this commandment but a deplorable practice of so-called Orthodox Jews known as metzizah b’ peh, which has no basis in the Bible, has caused several infants to contract a sexually transmitted disease.

During the circumcision, the Rabbi or mohel sucks the blood from the baby’s penis with his mouth. Needless to say, this is not scriptural at all and is a very perverse tradition of men. The Rabbi that performed the ceremony had herpes and passed it along to some of his young victims. At least one child died from the disease. Is that a priest of the Lord? Is performing a metzizah b’ peh a righteous act? The answer is definitely NO! This is why we should always stick to the scriptures and not add unto the Bible with tradition or customs!

 Deuteronomy 4:1-2  Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.  (2)  Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Rev 22:18  For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: