Acts 15:20

But to write to them to keep away from the pollution of elilim and of zenut and of the thing strangled and of dahm. + 15:20 Lv 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-13; 19:26; Dt 12:16,23

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

In Context

19Therefore, it is my judgment not to trouble the ones from the Goyim turning in teshuva to Hashem,

21For Moshe Rabbenu from ancient dorot in every shtetl has his maggidim and in the shuls every Shabbos he has been read.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:2Then Ya'akov said unto his Bais, and to all that were with him, Put away the elohei hanekhar that are among you, and be tahor, and change your simlah (garments);

Exodus 20:23Neither shalt thou go up by stairs unto Mine Mizbe'ach, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Leviticus 3:17It shall be a chukkat olam for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither chelev (fat) nor dahm (blood).

Leviticus 17:10And whatsoever man there be of Bais Yisroel, or of the ger that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of dahm; I will even set My face against that nefesh that eateth dahm, and will cut it off + 17:10 See Dan 9:26 from among its people.

Deuteronomy 12:16Only ye shall not eat the dahm; ye shall pour it upon ha'aretz as mayim.

Deuteronomy 14:21Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself; thou shalt give it unto the ger that is in thy she'arim, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha. Thou shalt not boil a young goat in its motherʼs cholov.

Matthew Henry on Acts 15:7-22

The Council at Jerusalem. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by… Read the whole commentary →

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