takethem and purifyyourself alongwith them, and pay their expensessothat they may shavetheir heads;and allwill knowthat there is nothingto the things whichthey have been toldaboutyou, but that you yourselfalsowalk orderly,keepingthe Law.
Whenthe daysof feastinghad completedtheir cycle,Jobwould sendand consecratethem, risingup earlyin the morningand offeringburntofferings[according to] the numberof them all;for Jobsaid,"Perhapsmy sonshave sinnedand cursedGodin their hearts."ThusJobdidcontinually.
"Whenhe raiseshimself up, the mightyfear;Becauseof the crashingthey are bewildered.
The LORDalso saidto Moses,"Goto the peopleand consecratethem todayand tomorrow,and let them washtheir garments;
So Moseswentdownfrom the mountainto the peopleand consecratedthe people,and they washedtheir garments.
Now thisis the lawof the Naziritewhenthe daysof his separationare fulfilled,he shall bringthe offering to the doorwayof the tentof meeting.
The Naziriteshall then shavehis dedicatedhead[of hair] at the doorwayof the tentof meeting,and takethe dedicatedhairof his headand put[it] on the firewhichis underthe sacrificeof peaceofferings.
Allthe daysof his vowof separationnorazorshall passoverhis head.He shall be holyuntilthe daysare fulfilledfor whichhe separatedhimself to the LORD;he shall let the locksof hairon his headgrowlong.
But ifa man diesverysuddenlybesidehim and he defileshis dedicatedhead[of hair], then he shall shavehis headon the daywhen he becomesclean;he shall shaveit on the seventhday.
Nowthe Passoverof the Jewswas near,and manywentup to Jerusalemout of the countrybeforethe Passoverto purifythemselves.
Thereforethere arosea discussionon the part of John'sdiscipleswith a Jewaboutpurification.
Paul,having remainedmanydayslonger,took leaveof the brethrenand put out to seafor Syria,and with him were Priscillaand Aquila.In Cenchreahe had his haircut,for he was keepinga vow.
ThenPaultookthe men,and the nextday,purifyinghimself alongwith them, wentinto the templegiving noticeof the completionof the daysof purification,untilthe sacrificewas offeredfor eachoneof them.
in whichthey foundme [occupied] in the temple,having been purified,without[any] crowdoruproar.But [there were] someJewsfrom Asia--
To the JewsI becameas a Jew,sothat I might winJews;to thosewhoare underthe Law,as underthe Lawthough not beingmyselfunderthe Law,sothat I might winthose whoare underthe Law;
For priorto the comingof certain menfrom James,he used to eatwith the Gentiles;but whenthey came,he [began] to withdrawand holdhimselfaloof,fearingthe party of the circumcision.
"For behold,you shall conceiveand givebirthto a son,and norazorshall comeupon his head,for the boyshall be a Naziriteto Godfrom the womb;and he shall beginto deliverIsraelfrom the handsof the Philistines."
