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19 Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble and make it difficult for those who are turning to God among the Gentiles [by putting obstacles in their way], 20 but that we write to them that they are to abstain from [a]anything that has been contaminated by [being offered to] idols and from sexual impurity and from [eating the meat of] what has been strangled and from [the consumption of] [b]blood. 21 For from ancient generations [the writing of] Moses has been preached in every city, since [c]he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:20 Lit the pollutions of idols.
  2. Acts 15:20 For the OT prohibition against eating blood, and the reasons for it, see Lev 17:10-14. There, in v 13, hunters are instructed to pour out the blood of an animal before eating it.
  3. Acts 15:21 I.e. the first five books of the OT, Gen through Deut.

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