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Law of the Nazirites |
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| Numbers 6:1 |
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Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Numbers 6:2 |
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"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,
'When a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself
to the LORD, |
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| Numbers 6:3 |
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he shall abstain from wine and strong drink;
he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he
drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes. |
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| Numbers 6:4 |
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All the days of his separation he shall not
eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin. |
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| Numbers 6:5 |
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'All the days of his vow of separation no razor
shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which
he separated himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow
long. |
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| Numbers 6:6 |
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'All the days of his separation to the LORD
he shall not go near to a dead person. |
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| Numbers 6:7 |
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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 to God is on his head. |
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| Numbers 6:8 |
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All the days of his separation he is holy to
the LORD. |
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| Numbers 6:9 |
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'But if a man dies very suddenly beside him
and he defiles his dedicated head of hair, then he shall shave his head on the
day when he becomes clean; he shall shave it on the seventh day. |
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| Numbers 6:10 |
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Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves
or two young pigeons to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting. |
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| Numbers 6:11 |
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The priest shall offer one for a sin offering
and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him concerning his
sin because of the dead person. And that same day he shall consecrate his head, |
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| Numbers 6:12 |
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and shall dedicate to the LORD his days as a
Nazirite, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a guilt offering; but the
former days will be void because his separation was defiled. |
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| Numbers 6:13 |
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'Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the
days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall bring the offering to the doorway
of the tent of meeting. |
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| Numbers 6:14 |
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He shall present his offering to the LORD: one
male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering and one ewe-lamb a year
old without defect for a sin offering and one ram without defect for a peace offering, |
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| Numbers 6:15 |
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and a basket of unleavened cakes of fine flour
mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with their grain offering
and their drink offering. |
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| Numbers 6:16 |
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Then the priest shall present them before the
LORD and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering. |
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| Numbers 6:17 |
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He shall also offer the ram for a sacrifice
of peace offerings to the LORD, together with the basket of unleavened cakes;
the priest shall likewise offer its grain offering and its drink offering. |
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| Numbers 6:18 |
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The Nazirite shall then shave his dedicated
head of hair at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and take the dedicated hair
of his head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. |
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| Numbers 6:19 |
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The priest shall take the ram's shoulder when
it has been boiled, and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened
wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his
dedicated hair. |
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| Numbers 6:20 |
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Then the priest shall wave them for a wave offering
before the LORD. It is holy for the priest, together with the breast offered by
waving and the thigh offered by lifting up; and afterward the Nazirite may drink
wine.' |
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| Numbers 6:21 |
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"This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his
offering to the LORD according to his separation, in addition to what else he
can afford; according to his vow which he takes, so he shall do according to the
law of his separation." |
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Aaron's Benediction |
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| Numbers 6:22 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Numbers 6:23 |
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"Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'Thus
you shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them: |
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| Numbers 6:24 |
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The LORD bless you, and keep you; |
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| Numbers 6:25 |
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The LORD make His face shine on you, And be
gracious to you; |
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| Numbers 6:26 |
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The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And
give you peace.' |
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| Numbers 6:27 |
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So they shall invoke My name on the sons of
Israel, and I then will bless them." |
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