take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.
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20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.
21 They have been informed about you– that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.
22 What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.
23 So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;
25 But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality.”
26 Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.
7 And do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification on them; then have them shave all their body and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
8 The Seven Days of Purification“The one being cleansed must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days.
9 When the seventh day comes he must shave all his hair– his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair– and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean.
24 Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,
28 For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:
29 that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.
16 This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.
17 After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,
18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
5 Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.
21 They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.
22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
21 and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”
18 Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria Paul, after staying many more days in Corinth, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because he had made a vow.
5 But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said,“It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses.”
20 “‘They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads.
3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.
4 As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.
34 Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.”
19 “Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,
20 but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.
28 He said to them,“You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.
14 and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.
24 For just as it is written,“the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
25 For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
1 The Jerusalem Council Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers,“Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
40 Baldness on the Head“When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, he is clean.
41 If his head is bare on the forehead so that he is balding in front, he is clean.
11 As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
27 The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!
20 You must purify each garment and everything that is made of skin, everything made of goat’s hair, and everything made of wood.”
41 But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.
33 then the individual is to shave himself, but he must not shave the area affected by the scall, and the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall for another seven days.
12 Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
13 For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.
35 Then he said to the council,“Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.
18 “‘Then the Nazirite must shave his consecrated head at the entrance to the tent of meeting and must take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire where the peace offering is burning.
21 “This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the LORD his offering according to his separation, as well as whatever else he can provide. Thus he must fulfill his vow that he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
5 “‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.
9 Contingencies for Defilement“‘If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he must shave his head on the day of his purification– on the seventh day he must shave it.
4 And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)
3 saying,“You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”
14 But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.
21 So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.”