Numbers 6

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself unto Jehovah,3 he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk.

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

6 All the days that he separateth himself unto Jehovah he shall not come near to a dead body.7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation unto God is upon his head.8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto Jehovah.

9 And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting:11 and the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.12 And he shall separate unto Jehovah the days of his separation, and shall bring a he-lamb a year old for a trespass-offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

13 And this is the law of the Nazirite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tent of meeting:14 and he shall offer his oblation unto Jehovah, one he-lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for peace-offerings,15 and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings.16 And the priest shall present them before Jehovah, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-offering:17 and he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.18 And the Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace-offerings.19 And the priest shall take the boiled 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 Nazirite, after he hath shaven the head of his separation;20 and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

21 This is the law of the Nazirite who voweth, and of his oblation unto Jehovah for his separation, besides that which he is able to get: according to his vow which he voweth, so he must do after the law of his separation.

22 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel: ye shall say unto them,

24 Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee:

25 Jehovah make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

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

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

Numbers 6

The Nazirite Vow

1 s Then the Lord spoke to Moses:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and tell them, ‘When either a man or a womant takes a special vow,t to take a vowt as a Nazirite,t to separatet himself to the Lord,3 he must separatet himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegart made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juicet of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.t

4 All the days of his separation he must not eat anything that is produced by the grapevine, from seedt to skin.s

5 “‘All the days of the vows of his separation no razor may be used on his heads until the timet is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord. He will be holy,t and he must lett the locks of hair on his head grow long.
6 “‘All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he must not contactt a dead body.t7 He must not defile himself event for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die,ts because the separationt fort his God is on his head.

8 All the days of his separation he must be holy to the Lord.

Contingencies for Defilement

9 “‘If anyone dies very suddenlyt beside him and he defilest his consecrated head,s then he must shave his head on the day of his purification – on the seventh day he must shave it.10 On the eighth day he is to bringt two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the entrance to the tent of meeting.11 Then the priest will offer one for a purification offeringt and the othert as a burnt offering,t and make atonementt for him, because of his transgressiont in regard to the corpse. So he must reconsecratet his head on that day.

12 He must rededicatet to the Lord the days of his separation and bring a male lamb in its first year as a reparation offering,t but the former days will not be countedt because his separations was defiled.

Fulfilling the Vows

13 “‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he must be broughtt to the entrance of the tent of meeting,14 and he must present his offeringt 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,s

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 theirt grain offering and their drink offerings.s
16 “‘Then the priest must present all theset before the Lord and offert his purification offering and his burnt offering.

17 Then he must offer the ram as a peace offeringt to the Lord, with the basket of bread made without yeast; the priest must also offer his grain offering and his drink offering.
18 “‘Then the Nazirite must shave his consecrated headt at the entrance to the tent of meeting and must take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fires where the peace offering is burning.t19 And the priest must take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one cake made without yeast from the basket, and one wafer made without yeast, and put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated head;t

20 then the priest must wave them as a wave offerings before the Lord; it is a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the raised offering.s After this the Nazirite may drinkt wine.’

21 “This is the lawt of the Nazirite who vows to the Lord his offering according to his separation, as well as whatever else he can provide.t Thus he must fulfillt his vow that he makes, according to the law of his separation.”

The Priestly Benediction

22 s The Lord spoke to Moses:

23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the wayt you are to blesst the Israelites. Sayt to them:

24 “The Lord bless yout and protectt you;

25 The Lord make his face to shine upon you,
and be gracious to you;t

26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon yout
and give you peace.”’

27 So they will put my namet on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”