Numbers 6:1–8

The Nazirite Vow

¹Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes a ¹special vow, the vow of ^aa ²Nazirite, to dedicate himself as a Nazirite to Yahweh,

³he shall ^aabstain as a Nazirite 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.

⁴‘All the days of his ¹Nazirite vow he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.

⁵‘All the days of his vow as a Nazirite ^ano razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he dedicated himself as a Nazirite to Yahweh; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

⁶‘^aAll the days of his dedication as a Nazirite to Yahweh he shall not go near to a dead person.

⁷‘He ^ashall not defile himself for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because the Nazirite vow to his God is on his head.

⁸‘All the days of his Nazirite vow he is holy to Yahweh.