Numbers 6:1–8

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.