lSee John 21:23
Numbers 6:5
5“All the days of his vow of separation, no arazor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. bHe shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.Numbers 6:9
9“And if any man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then che shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.Numbers 6:13
13“And this is the law for the Nazirite, dwhen the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,Numbers 6:18
18And the Nazirite eshall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.Judges 13:5
5for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. fNo razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be ga Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall hbegin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”Judges 16:17-19
17And he told her all his heart, and said to her, i“A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.”18When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up again, for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought jthe money in their hands. 19She made him sleep on her knees. And she called a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began kto torment him, and his strength left him.
Acts 18:18
Paul Returns to Antioch
18After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of lthe brothers ▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verse 27
and set sail for Syria, and with him nPriscilla and Aquila. At oCenchreae phe had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
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