Nazirites

Nazarite, Nazirite

• נָזִיר·Nazirites
• נָזַר·Be
• נֵ֫זֶר·Nazirites

Includes 2 verses that refer to Nazirites without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Numbers 6:2נָזַר · Be; נָזִיר · Nazirites
   “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
2. Numbers 6:3נָזַר · Be
   …he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.
3. Numbers 6:5נָזַר · Be
   For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
4. Numbers 6:6נָזַר · Be
   Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.
5. Numbers 6:12נָזַר · Be
   He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.
6. Numbers 6:13נָזִיר · Nazirites
   Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
7. Numbers 6:14Referred to, not named
   …and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as a peace offering—
8. Numbers 6:16Referred to, not named
   The priest is to present all these before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.
9. Numbers 6:18נָזִיר · Nazirites
   Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering.
10. Numbers 6:19נָזִיר · Nazirites
    And the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved the hair of his consecration.
11. Numbers 6:20נָזִיר · Nazirites
    The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
12. Numbers 6:21נָזִיר · Nazirites; נֵ֫זֶר · Nazirites
    This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
13. Judges 13:5נָזִיר · Nazirites
    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
14. Judges 13:7נָזִיר · Nazirites
    But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
15. Judges 16:17נָזִיר · Nazirites
    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
16. Amos 2:11נָזִיר · Nazirites
    I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
17. Amos 2:12נָזִיר · Nazirites
    “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.