Numbers 6–7

Chapter 6

Law of the Nazirites

¹Again the Lord 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 ³dedicate himself to the Lord,

³he shall ^aabstain 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 ¹separation 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 of separation ^ano 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.

⁶‘^aAll the days of his separation to the Lord he shall not go near to a dead person.

⁷‘He ^ashall 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.

⁸‘All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.

⁹‘But if a man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his dedicated head of hair, then ^ahe shall shave his head on the day when he becomes clean; ^bhe shall shave it on the seventh day.

¹⁰‘Then on the eighth day he shall bring ^atwo turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.

¹¹‘The priest shall offer ^aone for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him ¹concerning his sin because of the dead person. And that same day he shall consecrate his head,

¹²and shall dedicate to the Lord his days ¹as a ²Nazirite, 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.

¹³‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite ^awhen the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall bring ¹the offering to the doorway of the tent of meeting.

¹⁴‘He shall present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering and one ^aewe-lamb a year old without defect for a sin offering and one ram without defect for a peace offering,

¹⁵and a basket of ^aunleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with ^btheir grain offering and their drink offering.

¹⁶‘Then the priest shall present them before the Lord and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.

¹⁷‘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.

¹⁸‘^aThe 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.

¹⁹‘^aThe 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 ¹hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his ²dedicated hair.

²⁰‘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 ^aafterward the Nazirite may drink wine.’

²¹“This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the Lord according to his separation, in addition to what else ¹he can afford; according to his vow which he takes, so he shall do according to the law of his separation.”

Aaron’s Benediction

²²Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²³“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus ^ayou shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them:

²⁴The Lord ^abless you, and ^bkeep you;

²⁵The Lord ^amake His face shine on you,

And ^bbe gracious to you;

²⁶The Lord ^alift up His countenance on you,

And ^bgive you peace.’

²⁷“So they shall ^1ainvoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them.”

Chapter 7

Offerings of the Leaders

¹Now on ^athe day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, he ^banointed it and consecrated it with all its furnishings and the altar and all its utensils; he anointed them and consecrated them also.

²Then ^athe leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ households, ^bmade an offering (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who ¹were over the ²numbered men).

³When they brought their offering before the Lord, six ^acovered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, then they presented them before the tabernacle.

⁴Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

⁵“Accept these things from them, that they may be ¹used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”

⁶So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

⁷Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to ^atheir service,

⁸and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to ^atheir service, under the ¹direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

⁹But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was ^athe service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.

¹⁰The leaders offered the dedication offering ¹for the altar ²when ^ait was anointed, so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.

¹¹Then the Lord said to Moses, “Let them present their offering, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.”

¹²Now the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;

¹³and his offering was one silver ^1adish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, ^baccording to ²the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

¹⁴one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

¹⁵one ¹bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

^16aone male goat for a sin offering;

¹⁷and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of ^aNahshon the son of Amminadab.

¹⁸On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering;

¹⁹he presented as his offering one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

²⁰one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

²¹one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

²²one male goat for a sin offering;

²³and for the sacrifice of ^apeace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.

²⁴On the third day it was Eliab the son of Helon, leader of the sons of Zebulun;

²⁵his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

²⁶one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

²⁷one young bull, one ram, one ^amale lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

²⁸one male goat for a sin offering;

²⁹and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

³⁰On the fourth day it was Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben;

³¹his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

³²one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

³³one bull, one ram, one ^amale lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

³⁴one male goat for a sin offering;

³⁵and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

³⁶On the fifth day it was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader of the children of Simeon;

³⁷his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

³⁸one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

³⁹one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

⁴⁰one male goat for a sin offering;

⁴¹and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

⁴²On the sixth day it was ^aEliasaph the son of Deuel, leader of the sons of Gad;

⁴³his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of ^afine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

⁴⁴one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

^45aone bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

⁴⁶one male goat for a sin offering;

⁴⁷and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

⁴⁸On the seventh day it was ^aElishama the son of Ammihud, leader of the sons of Ephraim;

⁴⁹his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

⁵⁰one gold pan of ten shekels, full of ^aincense;

^51aone bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

⁵²one male goat for a sin offering;

⁵³and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of…