with tameh (unclean) for heathen ( Isaiah 52:1). The word arel ("uncircumcised" [singular]) is also employed for "unclean" ( Leviticus 26:41, "their uncircumcised hearts"; compare Jeremiah 9:25; Ezekiel 44:7,9); it is even applied to the first three years' fruit of a tree, which is forbidden ( Leviticus 19:23). However, the Israelites