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Text -- Numbers 6:1-15 (NET)
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The Nazirite Vow
6:1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses :
6:2 “Speak to the Israelites , and tell them, ‘When either a man or a woman takes a special vow , to take a vow as a Nazirite , to separate himself to the Lord ,
6:3 he must separate himself from wine and strong drink , he must drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink , nor may he drink any juice of grapes , nor eat fresh grapes or raisins .
6:4 All the days of his separation he must not eat anything that is produced by the grapevine , from seed to skin .
6:5 “‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord . He will be holy , and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.
6:6 “‘All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he must not contact a dead body .
6:7 He must not defile himself even for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die , because the separation for his God is on his head .
6:8 All the days of his separation he must be holy to the Lord .
Contingencies for Defilement
6:9 “‘If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head , then he must shave his head on the day of his purification – on the seventh day he must shave it.
6:10 On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest , to the entrance to the tent of meeting .
6:11 Then the priest will offer one for a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering , and make atonement for him, because of his transgression in regard to the corpse . So he must reconsecrate his head on that day .
6:12 He must rededicate to the Lord the days of his separation and bring a male lamb in its first year as a reparation offering , but the former days will not be counted because his separation was defiled .
Fulfilling the Vows
6:13 “‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite : When the days of his separation are fulfilled , he must be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting ,
6:14 and he must present his offering to the Lord : one male lamb in its first year without blemish for a burnt offering , one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish for a purification offering , one ram without blemish for a peace offering ,
6:15 and a basket of bread made without yeast , cakes of fine flour mixed with olive oil , wafers made without yeast and smeared with olive oil , and their grain offering and their drink offerings .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Nazirite |
NAZARITE |
HAIR |
Samson |
Fraternity |
John the Baptist |
Wine |
Offerings |
Sin-offering |
Basket |
Razor |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 |
CONSECRATE; CONSECRATION |
Shaving |
CORPSE |
BODY |
Atonement |
Vinegar |
Prohibition |
Dead Body |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Num 6:1; Num 6:2; Num 6:2; Num 6:2; Num 6:2; Num 6:2; Num 6:3; Num 6:3; Num 6:3; Num 6:3; Num 6:4; Num 6:4; Num 6:5; Num 6:5; Num 6:5; Num 6:5; Num 6:5; Num 6:6; Num 6:6; Num 6:7; Num 6:7; Num 6:7; Num 6:7; Num 6:7; Num 6:9; Num 6:9; Num 6:9; Num 6:10; Num 6:11; Num 6:11; Num 6:11; Num 6:11; Num 6:11; Num 6:11; Num 6:12; Num 6:12; Num 6:12; Num 6:12; Num 6:13; Num 6:14; Num 6:14; Num 6:15; Num 6:15
NET Notes: Num 6:1 This chapter can be divided into five sections: The vow is described in vv. 1-8, then the contingencies for defilement are enumerated in vv. 9-12, the...
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NET Notes: Num 6:2 The form of the verb is an Hiphil infinitive construct, forming the wordplay and explanation for the name Nazirite. The Hiphil is here an internal cau...
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NET Notes: Num 6:4 Here is another hapax legomenon, a word only found here. The word seems linked to the verb “to be clear,” and so may mean the thin skin of...
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NET Notes: Num 6:5 The Piel infinitive absolute functions as a verb in this passage; the Piel carries the sense of “grow lengthy” or “let grow long....
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NET Notes: Num 6:6 The Hebrew has נֶפֶשׁ מֵת (nefesh met), literally a “dead person.” But since the wor...
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NET Notes: Num 6:7 The genitive could perhaps be interpreted as possession, i.e., “the vow of his God,” but it seems more likely that an objective genitive w...
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NET Notes: Num 6:9 The expression is figurative for the vow that he took; the figure is the metonymy because the reference to the head is a reference to the long hair th...
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NET Notes: Num 6:10 The imperfect tense in this verse is still instructional rather than a simple future. The translations can vary, but the point that it is directive mu...
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NET Notes: Num 6:11 The verb simply means “to consecrate,” but because it refers to a vow that was interrupted, it must here mean to “reconsecrate.̶...
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NET Notes: Num 6:12 The similar expression in v. 9 includes the word “head” (i.e., “his consecrated head”). The LXX includes this word in v. 12 as...
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NET Notes: Num 6:13 The Hebrew text has “he/one shall bring him”; since there is no expressed subject, this verb should be taken in the passive sense – ...
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NET Notes: Num 6:14 The peace offering שְׁלָמִים (shÿlamim) is instructed in Lev 3 and 7. The form is always in...
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