Numbers 6:1–8

The Law of the Nazirite

6Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When either a man or woman ¹consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, ^ato separate himself to the Lord, ^3bhe shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. ⁴All the days of his ²separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.

⁵‘All the days of the vow of his separation no ^crazor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. ⁶All the days that he separates himself to the Lord ^dhe shall not go near a dead body. ^7eHe shall not ³make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head. ^8fAll the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.