The Nazirite Vow

Numbers 6

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When either a man or woman 1 consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, a to separate himself to the LORD, 3 b 'he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. 4 'All the days of his 2 separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.

5 'All the days of the vow of his separation no c razor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD, he shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

6 'All the days that he separates himself to the LORD d he shall not go near a dead body. 7 e 'He shall not 3 make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head. 8 f 'All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the LORD.

9 'And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall g shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it. 10 'Then h on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting; 11 'and the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned in regard to the corpse; and he shall sanctify his head that same day. 12 'He shall consecrate to the LORD the days of his separation, and bring a male lamb in its first year i as a trespass offering; but the former days shall be 4 lost, because his separation was defiled.

13 'Now this is the law of the Nazirite: j When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 14 'And he shall present his offering to the LORD: one male lamb in its first year without blemish as a burnt offering, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish k as a sin offering, one ram without blemish l as a peace offering, 15 'a basket of unleavened bread, m cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened wafers n anointed with oil, and their grain offering with their o drink offerings. 16 'Then the priest shall bring them before the LORD and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering; 17 'and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall also offer its grain offering and its drink offering. 18 p 'Then the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offering. 19 'And the priest shall take the q boiled shoulder of the ram, one r unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and s put them upon the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair, 20 'and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD; t they are holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.'

21 "This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the LORD the offering for his separation, and besides that, whatever else his hand is able to provide; according to the vow which he takes, so he must do according to the law of his separation."

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to the...
    Judges 13:5
    "For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son....
    Lamentations 4:7
    Her Nazirites were brighter than snow And white...
    Amos 2:11
    I raised up some of your sons as prophets, And ...
    Amos 2:12
    "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And ...
    Acts 21:23
    Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men...
    Romans 1:1
    Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to ...
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:9
    Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
    Amos 2:12
    "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets saying, 'Do not prophesy!'
    Luke 1:15
    For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
  3. Cross References
    Judges 13:5
    "For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines."
    Judges 16:17
    That he told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
    1 Samuel 1:11
    Then she made a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 21:1 - 3
    And the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: 'None shall defile himself for the dead among his people.
    Leviticus 21:11
    Nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother.
    Numbers 19:11 - 22
    He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 21:1
    And the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: 'None shall defile himself for the dead among his people.
    Leviticus 21:2
    Except for his relatives who are nearest to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother.
    Leviticus 21:11
    Nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother.
    Numbers 9:6
    Now there were certain men who were defiled by a human corpse, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron that day.
  6. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 6:17
    Therefore "Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.
    2 Corinthians 6:18
    "I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the LORD Almighty."
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:8
    He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.
    Leviticus 14:9
    But on the seventh day he shall shave all the hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows - all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes and wash his body in water, and he shall be clean.
    Acts 18:18
    So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow.
    Acts 21:24
    Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:7
    If he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring to the LORD, for his trespass which he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons: one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
    Leviticus 14:22
    And two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford: one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
    Leviticus 15:14
    On the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and give them to the priest.
    Leviticus 15:29
    And on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:6
    And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
  10. Cross References
    Acts 21:26
    Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having been purified with them, entered the temple to announce the expiration of the days of purification, at which time an offering should be made for each one of them.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them.
    Leviticus 4:27
    If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and is guilty.
    Leviticus 4:32
    If he brings a lamb as his sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:6
    If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD is of the flock, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:4
    And if you bring as an offering a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 29:2
    And unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour).
  15. Cross References
    Numbers 15:5
    And one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering you shall prepare with the burnt offering or the sacrifice, for each lamb.
    Numbers 15:7
    And as a drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a sweet aroma to the LORD.
    Numbers 15:10
    And you shall bring as the drink offering half a hin of wine as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
  16. Cross References
    Numbers 6:9
    And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.
    Acts 21:23
    Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow.
    Acts 21:24
    Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law.
  17. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:15
    Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, "Give meat for roasting to the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 29:23
    One loaf of bread, one cake made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD.
    Exodus 29:24
    And you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:30
    His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. The fat with the breast he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 29:27
    And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering which is waved, and the thigh of the heave offering which is raised, of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons.
    Exodus 29:28
    It shall be from the children of Israel for Aaron and his sons by a statute forever. For it is a heave offering; it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, that is, their heave offering to the LORD.
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