Numbers 6:6–12

⁶While they are dedicated to the Lord as Nazirites, they must never go near a dead body. ⁷Even if their own father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not make themselves unclean^aby going near them. Nazarites show their vow to God with their long hair. ⁸As long as they are Nazirites, they will be holy to the Lord. 

⁹“Someone might suddenly drop dead next to a Nazirite and make the Nazirite’s hair unclean. Seven days later he must shave his head in order to be declared clean.^b10On the eighth day he must bring two mourning doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ¹¹The priest will sacrifice one as an offering for sin and the other one as a burnt offering. The priest will make peace with the Lord for the person who touched the dead body. That same day the person must dedicate his head again. ¹²Once again he will dedicate himself to the Lord as a Nazirite for the same length of time as before. He must bring a one-year-old male lamb as an offering for guilt. The first time period won’t count. He has to start over from when he became unclean.