E.
To be sanctified—to be a Nazarite
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6:1
Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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6:2
Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When a man or a woman
1makes a
aspecial vow, the vow of a
2bNazarite, to
3separate himself to Jehovah,
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6:3
He shall separate himself from
1awine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink, nor shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh or dried grapes.
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6:4
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.
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6:5
All the days of his vow of separation
ano 1razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to Jehovah; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
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6:6
aAll the days that he separates himself to Jehovah he shall not come near a
1dead person.
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6:7
He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because
1his separation to God is upon his head.
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6:8
All the days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah.
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6:9
And if anyone dies very
1suddenly beside him so that he defiles the head of his separation, then he shall shave his head on the day he becomes clean; on the seventh day shall he
ashave it.
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6:10
And on the
1eighth day he shall bring
atwo turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,
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6:11
And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make expiation for him because he sinned by reason of the
dead person. And he shall
1sanctify his head that same day.
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6:12
And he shall
1separate to Jehovah the days of his separation and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering, but the former days shall be void because his separation was defiled.
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6:13
Now this is the law of the Nazarite when the
1days of his separation are
afulfilled: He shall be brought to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
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And he shall present his offering to Jehovah: one
1amale lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one
2female lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one
3bram without blemish for a peace offering,
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And a
1basket of
aunleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal offering and their
2bdrink offerings.
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And the priest shall present them before Jehovah and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.
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And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall also offer its meal offering and its drink offering.
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And the Nazarite shall
1ashave the head of his separation at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and take the hair of the head of his separation and put
it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
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And the priest shall take the boiled
1shoulder of the ram and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put
them into the hands of the Nazarite after he has shaved
the head of his separation;
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And the priest shall wave them for a
awave offering before Jehovah. It is holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and thigh of the heave offering. And afterward the Nazarite may drink wine.
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This is the law of the Nazarite who vows,
that is, of his offering to Jehovah for his separation, in addition to what he can afford; according to his vow which he vows, so he must do according to the law of his separation.
F.
Being blessed by God
6:22-27
Num. 6
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6:22
Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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6:23
Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, Thus you shall
1abless the children of Israel; you shall say to them,
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6:24
Jehovah 1abless you and
bkeep you;
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6:25
Jehovah make His
1aface 2shine upon you and be
bgracious to you;
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6:26
Jehovah lift up His
1acountenance upon you and give you
bpeace.
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6:27
So shall they put My
aname upon the children of Israel, that I Myself may bless them.
