completed his or her vow (Num. 6:14). I have also labeled it a rite of desanctification. But whereas I regard it as an anomaly, Marx declares it to be an archetypical example of the ḥaṭṭāʾt functioning in a rite of passage. Still, one is left to wonder why a ḥaṭṭāʾt was not also imposed upon the Nazirite when entering his or her holy status, as exemplified by the case of the newly consecrated priest (chap. 8). Thus, before jumping to the conclusion, with Marx, that the Nazirite is paradigmatic