17. Then the rest of the people can look to the Lord. This means all the non-Jews who belong to me. The Lord says this. He is the one who does these things.' (Amos 9:11,12)
18. The Lord does things that have been known for a long time.
19. "Now here is my opinion. We should not make it hard for the non-Jews who are turning to God.
20. Here is what we should write to them. They must not eat food polluted by being offered to statues of gods. They must not commit sexual sins. They must not eat the meat of animals that have been choked to death. And they must not drink blood.
21. These laws of Moses have been preached in every city from the earliest times. They are read out loud in the synagogues every Sabbath day."