1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:

3He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

4All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

5All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

6All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.

7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

8All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.

9And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

10And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

11And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

12And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

13And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

14And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,

15And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.

16And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:

17And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.

18And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

19And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:

20And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

21This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

22And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

24The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

25The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

26The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

27And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

2Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselues to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselues vnto the Lord:

3Hee shall separate himselfe from wine, and strong drinke, and shal drinke no vineger of wine, or vineger of strong drinke, neither shal he drinke any liquor of grapes, nor eate moist grapes, or dried.

4All the dayes of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels euen to the huske.

5All the dayes of the vow of his separation, there shall no rasour come vpon his head: vntill the dayes bee fulfilled in the which hee separateth himselfe vnto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the lockes of the haire of his head grow.

6All the dayes that he separateth himselfe vnto the Lord, hee shall come at no dead body.

7Hee shall not make himselfe vncleane for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is vpon his head.

8All the dayes of his separation he is holy vnto the Lord.

9And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration, then he shall shaue his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seuenth day shall he shaue it.

10And on the eight day he shal bring two turtles or two yong pigeons to the Priest, to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

11And the Priest shall offer the one for a sinne offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that hee sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

12And hee shall consecrate vnto the Lord the dayes of his separation, and shall bring a lambe of the first yeere for a trespasse offering: but the dayes that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

13 And this is the Lawe of the Nazarite: when the dayes of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

14And he shall offer his offring vnto the Lord, one hee lambe of the first yeere without blemish, for a burnt offering, and one ewe lambe of the first yeere without blemish, for a sinne offering, and one lambe without blemish for peace offerings,

15And a basket of vnleauened bread, cakes of fine flowre mingled with oyle, and wafers of vnleauened bread anointed with oyle, and their meate offering, and their drinke offerings.

16And the Priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sinne offering, and his burnt offering.

17And he shall offer the ramme for a sacrifice of peace offerings vnto the Lord, with the basket of vnleauened bread: the Priest shall offer also his meate offering, and his drinke offering.

18And the Nazarite shal shaue the head of his separation, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall take the haire of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is vnder the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

19And the Priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ramme, and one vnleauened cake out of the basket, and one vnleauened wafer, and shall put them vpon the hands of the Nazarite, after the haire of his separation is shauen.

20And the Priest shall waue them for a waue offring before the Lord: this is holy for the Priest, with the waue breast, and heaue shoulder: and after that, the Nazarite may drinke wine.

21This is the Law of the Nazarite, who hath vowed, and of his offering vnto the Lord for his separation, besides that, that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

22 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

23Speake vnto Aaron, and vnto his sonnes, saying, On this wise ye shall blesse the children of Israel, saying vnto them:

24The Lord blesse thee, and keepe thee:

25The Lord make his face shine vpon thee, and be gracious vnto thee:

26The Lord lift vp his countenance vpon thee, and giue thee peace.

27And they shall put my Name vpon the children of Israel, and I will blesse them.

 

II == Lev 27:2 ; Judg 13:5 ; Acts 21:23 ; Rom 1:1

 

 

 

III == Amos 2:12; Luke 1:15

 

 

 

 

 

V == Judg 13:5 ; 16:17 ; 1st Sam 1:11 ; Acts 21:23-24

 

 

 

VI == Lev 21:11 ; Num 19:11 , 16

 

VII == Lev 21:1-2 , 11 ; Num 9:6

 

 

 

 

IX == Acts 18:18 ; 21:24

 

 

 

X == Lev 5:7 ; 14:22 ; 15:14 , 29

 

 

 

 

 

XII == Lev 5:6

 

 

 

 

XIII == Acts 21:26

 

 

XIV == Lev 3:6 ; 4:2 , 27 , 32

 

 

 

 

XV == Ex 29:2 ; Lev 2:4 ; Num 15:5 , 7 , 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XVIII == Acts 18:18 ; 21:24

 

 

 

 

XIX == Ex 29:23-24 1st Sam 2:15

 

 

 

XX == Ex 29:27-28

 

 

 

XXI == Acts 21:23-24

 

 

 

 

XXIII == Lev 9:22 ; 1st Chr 23:13

XXIV == Ps 121:7 ; John 17:11

XXV == Gen 43:29 ; Ps 31:16 ; 67:1 ; 80:3 , 7 , 19 ; 119:135 ; Dan 9:17

XXVI == Ps 4:6 ; John 14:27 ; 2nd Thess 3:16

XXVII == Deut 28:10 ; 2nd Chr 7:14 ; Ps 115:12 ; Isa 43:7 ; Dan 9:18-19

1 The LORD said to Moses:

2 "Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When a man (or a woman) solemnly takes the nazirite vow to dedicate himself to the LORD,

3 he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he may neither drink wine vinegar, other vinegar, of any kind of grape juice, nor eat either fresh or dried grapes.

4 As long as he is a nazirite he shall not eat anything of the produce of the vine; not even unripe grapes or grapeskins.

5 While he is under the nazirite vow, no razor shall touch his hair. Until the period of his dedication to the LORD is over, he shall be sacred, and shall let the hair of his head grow freely.

6 As long as he is dedicated to the LORD, he shall not enter where a dead person is.

7 Not even for his father or mother, his sister or brother, should they die, may he become unclean, since his head bears his dedication to God.

8 As long as he is a nazirite he is sacred to the LORD.

9 "If someone dies very suddenly in his presence, so that his dedicated head becomes unclean, he shall shave his head on the day of his purification, that is, on the seventh day.

10 On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the meeting tent.

11 The priest shall offer up the one as a sin offering and the other as a holocaust, thus making atonement for him for the sin he has committed by reason of the dead person. On the same day he shall reconsecrate his head

12 and begin anew the period of his dedication to the LORD as a nazirite, bringing a yearling lamb as a guilt offering. The previous period is not valid, because his dedicated head became unclean.

13 "This is the ritual for the nazirite: On the day he completes the period of his dedication he shall go to the entrance of the meeting tent,

14 bringing as his offering to the LORD one unblemished yearling lamb for a holocaust, one unblemished yearling ewe lamb for a sin offering, one unblemished ram as a peace offering, along with their cereal offerings and libations,

15 and a basket of unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil and of unleavened wafers spread with oil.

16 The priest shall present them before the LORD, and shall offer up the sin offering and the holocaust for him.

17 He shall then offer up the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, with its cereal offering and libation, and the basket of unleavened cakes.

18 Then at the entrance of the meeting tent the nazirite shall shave his dedicated head, collect the hair, and put it in the fire that is under the peace offering.

19 After the nazirite has shaved off his dedicated hair, the priest shall take a boiled shoulder of the ram, as well as one unleavened cake and one unleavened wafer from the basket, and shall place them in the hands of the nazirite.

20 The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. They become sacred and shall belong to the priest, along with the breast of the wave offering and the leg of the raised offering. Only after this may the nazirite drink wine.

21 "This, then, is the law for the nazirite; this is the offering to the LORD which is included in his vow of dedication apart from anything else which his means may allow. Thus shall he carry out the law of his dedication in keeping with the vow he has taken."

22 The LORD said to Moses:

23 "Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them:

24 The LORD bless you and keep you!

25 The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you!

26 The LORD look upon you kindly and give you peace!

27 So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them."

1 – 21 The Vow of the Naririte

v 1,2. The Lord now commands concerning any man or woman who separates themselves as a Nazarite to the Lord. This is not about those who are separated for life, whether by the Lord or parents. Old KJV incorrectly spells this Nazarite. An order has been suggested as v 1-12, Separation; 13-21 Worship; 22-27 Blessing; and Schofield adds Chapter 7 as service.

 

v 3-12. Wine symbolizes natural joy, so in devotion to the Lord, grapes in any form are excluded from the diet, even the seeds or skins. The hair must not be cut at all during the period of the separation, which in some was for life. The Nazarite must not go near the dead body of even the closest family members during the days of his separation. If someone died suddenly by him, he went through a period of cleansing for seven days, and on the seventh day he shaved his head. The eighth day he brought two turtle doves or two young pigeons to the priest , one for a sin offering, the other for a burnt offering to be offered as in Lev. 5:7-10. He is also to bring a (male) lamb of the first year for a trespass offering, but his separation was defiled, so he has to start the days of his separation all over again.

 

 

 

 

v 13-17. When the separation is finally fulfilled, he is to come to the door of the tabernacle with another he-lamb, a ewe lamb, a ram, the three kinds of bread in verse 15, plus the meal and drink offering. The priest will offer all those appropriately as detailed in these verses. The other people look up highly toward a Nazarite because of his holy separation, but when he compares himself to God, he is worthless, hence the need of his sin offering.

 

 

 

 

v 18-21. Then the Nazarite is to shave his head at the door of the tabernacle, though some say he could shave it elsewhere as long as he brought it with him to the tabernacle so the public could see him burn it on the fire under the peace offerings. This way they would know his vow was completed if they saw him partaking of the fruit of the vine. Finally, after the Nazirite’s head has been shaved, the priest takes the items of v 19, places them in his hands and waves them before the Lord. Those things are required at the completion of a vow, but a person may give more if he chooses. After all that is done, a person may drink wine and go back to normal living.

22 – 27 The Priestly Blessing

v 22-27. This is the blessing with which the Lord told Moses and Aaron to bless the people, and the Lord would bless them.