Numbers 6
Law of the Nazirites
1Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes a ▼▼ Or difficult
special vow, the vow of ba ▼▼ I.e. one separated
Nazirite, to ▼▼ Or live as a Nazirite
dedicate himself to the Lord, 3he shall eabstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes. 4‘All the days of his ▼▼ Or living as a Nazirite, and so through v 21
separation he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin. 5‘All the days of his vow of separation gno razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long. 6‘ hAll the days of his separation to the Lord he shall not go near to a dead person. 7‘He ishall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head. 8‘All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord. 9‘But if a man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his dedicated head of hair, then jhe shall shave his head on the day when he becomes clean; khe shall shave it on the seventh day. 10‘Then on the eighth day he shall bring ltwo turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting. 11‘The priest shall offer mone for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him ▼▼ Lit because of that which he sinned
concerning his sin because of the dead person. And that same day he shall consecrate his head, 12and shall dedicate to the Lord his days ▼▼ Or of dedication
as a ▼▼ I.e. one separated
Nazirite, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a guilt offering; but the former days will be void because his separation was defiled. 13‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite qwhen the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall bring ▼▼ Lit it
the offering to the doorway of the tent of meeting. 14‘He shall present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering and one sewe-lamb a year old without defect for a sin offering and one ram without defect for a peace offering, 15and a basket of tunleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with utheir grain offering and their drink offering. 16‘Then the priest shall present them before the Lord and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering. 17‘He shall also offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, together with the basket of unleavened cakes; the priest shall likewise offer its grain offering and its drink offering. 18‘ vThe Nazirite shall then shave his dedicated head of hair at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and take the dedicated hair of his head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. 19‘ wThe priest shall take the ram’s shoulder when it has been boiled, and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the ▼▼ Lit palms
hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his ▼▼ Or separated
dedicated hair. 20‘Then the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. It is holy for the priest, together with the breast offered by waving and the thigh offered by lifting up; and zafterward the Nazirite may drink wine.’ 21“This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the Lord according to his separation, in addition to what else ▼▼ Lit his hand can reach
he can afford; according to his vow which he takes, so he shall do according to the law of his separation.” Aaron’s Benediction
22Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus abyou shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them: 24The Lord acbless you, and adkeep you;25The Lord aemake His face shine on you,
And afbe gracious to you;
26The Lord aglift up His countenance on you,
And ahgive you peace.’
27“So they shall ▼
▼ Lit put
,
ajinvoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them.”
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