Numbers 6

The Nazirite Vow

1And the LORD said to Moses,

1And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

2“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“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, when a man or woman consecrates an offering, to vow the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself unto YHWH,

3he 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.

3he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall not drink vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink. And he shall not drink any grape juice, and he shall not eat fresh grapes or raisins.

4All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.

4All the days of his separation, of all that is produced by the grapevine—from seed and up to skin—he shall not eat.

5For 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.

5All the days of the vow of his separation, no razor shall come upon his head. Until the fulfilling of the days for which he separated himself unto YHWH, he shall be holy; he shall let grow the locks of the hair of his head.

6Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.

6All the days that he separates himself unto YHWH, a dead body he shall not go near.

7Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the symbol of consecration to his God is upon his head.

7Even for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, he shall not make himself unclean when they die, because the separation of his God is on his head.

8Throughout the time of his separation, he is holy to the LORD.

8All the days of his separation, he shall be holy unto YHWH.

9If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.

9And if someone actually dies beside him very suddenly, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.

10On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

10And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two sons of a pigeon to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.

11And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.

11And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and one for a burnt offering, and he shall make atonement upon him from which he sinned regarding the corpse, and he shall sanctify his head that day.

12He 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.

12And He shall consecrate to YHWH the days of his separation, and he shall bring a male lamb, a son of a year, as a guilt offering; and the former days shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

13Now 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,

13And this is the law of the Nazirite on a day fulfilling the days of his separation. He shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting.

14and 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—

14And he shall present his offering to YHWH: One male lamb, a son of a year, unblemished, as a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb, a daughter of a year, unblemished, as a sin offering, and one ram, unblemished, as peace offerings,

15together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil.

15and a basket of unleavened of fine flour, cakes mixed with the oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with the oil, and their grain offerings, and their drink offerings.

16The priest is to present all these before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.

16And the priest shall bring them before the face of YHWH and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.

17He shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.

17And he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace offering to YHWH, with the basket of the unleavened bread; and the priest shall offer its grain offering and its drink offering.

18Then 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.

18And the Nazirite shall shave at the door of the Tent of Meeting the head of his separation, and he shall take the hair of the head of his separation and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

19And 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.

19And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and he shall put them on the palms of the Nazirite, after his shaving his separation.

20The 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.

20And the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the face of YHWH; they are holy to the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution, and afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.

21This 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.”

21This is the law of the Nazirite who vows the offering to YHWH for his separation, apart from whatever else his hand reaches; according to the vow that he takes, so he must do according to the law of his separation.”

Aaron’s Blessing

22Then the LORD said to Moses,

22And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

23“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

23“Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, this is the way You shall bless the sons of Israel. Say to them,

24‘May the LORD bless you

and keep you;

24‘YHWH bless you, and keep you.

25may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you

and be gracious to you;

25YHWH cause His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you.

26may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you

and give you peace.’

26YHWH lift up His countenance upon you, and give unto you peace.’

27So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

27And they shall put My name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them.”