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# Gentile #
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## Facts: ##
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The term "Gentile" refers to anyone who is not a Jew. Gentiles are people who are not descendants of Jacob.
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* In the Bible, the term "uncircumcised" is also used figuratively to refer to Gentiles because many of them did not circumcise their male children as the Israelites did.
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* Because God chose the Jews to be his special people, they thought of the Gentiles as outsiders who could never be God's people.
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* The Jews were also called "Israelites" or "Hebrews" at different times in history. They referred to anyone else as a "Gentile."
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* Gentile could also be translated as "not a Jew" or "non-Jewish" or "not an Israelite" (Old Testament) or "non-Jew.".
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* Traditionally, Jews would neither eat with nor associate with Gentiles, which at first caused problems within the early church.
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(See also: [Israel ](../other/israel.md ), [Jacob ](../other/jacob.md ), [Jew ](../other/jew.md ))
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## Bible References: ##
* [Acts 09:13-16 ](en/tn/act/help/09/13 )
* [Acts 14:5-7 ](en/tn/act/help/14/05 )
* [Galatians 02:15-16 ](en/tn/gal/help/02/15 )
* [Luke 02:30-32 ](en/tn/luk/help/02/30 )
* [Matthew 05:46-48 ](en/tn/mat/help/05/46 )
* [Matthew 06:5-7 ](en/tn/mat/help/06/05 )
* [Romans 11:25 ](en/tn/rom/help/11/25 )
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