Acts 21:24

New Century Version

Take these men with you and share in their cleansing ceremony. Pay their expenses so they can shave their heads. Then it will prove to everyone that what they have heard about you is not true and that you follow the law of Moses in your own life.

Cross References

Job 1:5

After a feast was over, Job would send and have them made clean. Early in the morning Job would offer a burnt offering for each of them, because he thought, “My children may have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this every time.

Job 41:25

The powerful fear its terrible looks and draw back in fear as it moves.

Exodus 19:10

The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and have them spend today and tomorrow preparing themselves. They must wash their clothes

Exodus 19:14

After Moses went down from the mountain to the people, he made them prepare themselves for service to God, and they washed their clothes.

Numbers 6:13

“ ‘This is the teaching for the Nazirites. When the promised time is over, they must go to the entrance of the Meeting Tent

Numbers 6:18

“ ‘The Nazirites must go to the entrance of the Meeting Tent and shave off their hair that they grew for their promise. The hair will be put in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering.

Numbers 6:5

“ ‘During the time they have promised to belong to the Lord, they must not cut their hair. They must be holy until this special time is over. They must let their hair grow long.

Numbers 6:9

“ ‘If they are next to someone who dies suddenly, their hair, which was part of their promise, has been made unclean. So they must shave their head seven days later to be clean.

John 11:55

It was almost time for the Passover Feast. Many from the country went up to Jerusalem before the Passover to do the special things to make themselves pure.

John 3:25

Some of John’s followers had an argument with a Jew about religious washing.

Acts 18:18

Paul stayed with the believers for many more days. Then he left and sailed for Syria, with Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchrea Paul cut off his hair, because he had made a promise to God.

Acts 21:26

The next day Paul took the four men and shared in the cleansing ceremony with them. Then he went to the Temple and announced the time when the days of the cleansing ceremony would be finished. On the last day an offering would be given for each of the men.

Acts 24:18

I was doing this when they found me in the Temple. I had finished the cleansing ceremony and had not made any trouble; no people were gathering around me.

1 Corinthians 9:20

To the Jews I became like a Jew to win the Jews. I myself am not ruled by the law. But to those who are ruled by the law I became like a person who is ruled by the law. I did this to win those who are ruled by the law.

Galatians 2:12

Peter ate with the non-Jewish people until some Jewish people sent from James came to Antioch. When they arrived, Peter stopped eating with those who weren’t Jewish, and he separated himself from them. He was afraid of the Jews.

Judges 13:5

because you will become pregnant and have a son. You must never cut his hair, because he will be a Nazirite, given to God from birth. He will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines.”