Numbers 6:1-6

The Nazirite Vow

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of e a Nazirite, 1 f to separate himself to the Lord, 3 he g shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried. 4 All the days of his separation 2 he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.

5 "All the days of his vow of separation, no h razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. i He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

6 "All the days that he separates himself to the Lord j he shall not go near a dead body.

  1. Cross References
    Judges 13:5
    For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
    Acts 21:23
    Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
  2. Cross References
    Romans 1:1
    Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
  3. Cross References
    Amos 2:12
    "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'
    Luke 1:15
    For he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
  4. Cross References
    Judges 13:5
    For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
    Judges 16:17
    And he told her all his heart, and said to her, "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.
    1 Samuel 1:11
    And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 44:20
    They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads.
    1 Corinthians 11:14
    Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 19:11
    Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.
    Numbers 19:16
    Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
    Leviticus 21:11
    He shall not go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.
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