Numbers Chapter 6

Numbers Chapter 6
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and
say unto them, When a man or a woman
doth separate themselves to vow a vow
of a Nazarite to
separate himself unto the Lord,
3 He shall abstain from wine and strong
drink, and shall drink no sour wine nor
sour drink, nor shall drink any liquor of
grapes, neither shall eat fresh grapes nor
dried.
4 As long as his abstinence endureth,
shall he eat nothing that is made of the
wine of the vine, neither the kernels, nor
the husk.
5 While he is separate by his vow, the
razor shall not come upon his head, until
the days be out, 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. 6 During the
time that he separateth himself unto the
Lord, he shall come at no dead body:
7 He shall not make himself unclean at
the death of his father, or mother,
brother, or sister: for the consecration of
his God is upon his head. 8 All the days
of his separation he shall be holy to the
Lord.
9 And if any die suddenly by him, or he
beware, then the head of his
consecration shall be defiled, and he
shall shave his head in the day of his
cleansing: in the seventh day he shall
shave it.
10 And in the eighth day he shall bring
two turtles, or two young pigeons to the
priest, at the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation.
11 Then the priest shall prepare the one
for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, and shall make an
atonement for him, because he sinned by
the dead: so shall he hallow his head the
same day,
12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord
the days of his separation, and shall
bring a lamb of a year old for a trespass
offering, and the first days shall be void:
for his consecration was defiled.
13 This then is the law of the Nazarite:
When the time of his consecration is out,
he shall come to the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, 14 And
he shall bring his offering unto the Lord,
an he lamb of a year old without blemish
for a burnt offering, and a she lamb of a
year old without blemish for a sin
offering, and a ram without blemish for
peace offerings, 15 And a basket of
unleavened bread, of cakes of fine flour,
mingled with oil, and wafers of
unleavened bread anointed with oil, with
their meat offering, and their drink
offerings:
16 The which the priest shall bring
before the Lord, and make his sin
offering and his burnt offering.
17 He shall prepare also the ram for a
peace offering unto the Lord, with the
basket of unleavened bread, and the
priest shall make his meat offering, and
his drink offering.
18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head
of his consecration at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and shall
take the hair of the head of his
consecration, and put it in the fire, which
is under the peace offering. 19 Then the
priest shall take the sodden shoulder of
the ram, and an unleavened cake out of
the basket, and a wafer unleavened, and
put them upon the hands of the Nazarite,
after he hath shaven his consecration. 20
And the priest shall shake them to and
from before the Lord: this is an holy
thing for the priest besides the shaken
breast, and besides the heave shoulder:
so afterward the Nazarite may drink
wine.
21 This is the Law of the Nazarite,
which he hath vowed, and of his offering
unto the Lord for his consecration,
besides that that he is able to bring:
according to the vow which he vowed,
so shall he do after the law of his
consecration.
22 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
23 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons,
saying, Thus shall ye bless the children
of Israel, and say unto them,
24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee,
25 The Lord make his face shine upon
thee, and be merciful unto thee, 26 The
Lord lift up his countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace. 27 So they shall put
my name upon the children of Israel, and
I will bless them.