Numbers 6

¹ The LORD spoke to Moses:

² “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate themselves to the LORD:

³ They must abstain from wine and fermented drink. They must not drink wine vinegar or vinegar made from fermented drink, nor drink any grape juice or eat fresh or dried grapes.

⁴ For all the days of their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything made from the grapevine, from the seeds to the skin.

⁵ For all the days of their Nazirite vow, no razor may touch their head. Until the days of their dedication to the LORD are complete, they are holy; they must let the hair of their head grow freely.

⁶ Throughout all the days of their dedication to the LORD, they must not go near a dead body.

⁷ They must not make themselves unclean for their father or mother, brother or sister, when they die, because the dedication to their God is upon their head.

⁸ Throughout all the days of their Nazirite vow, they are holy to the LORD.

⁹ If someone suddenly dies beside them, without warning, and defiles their consecrated head, they must shave their head on the day of their purification; they must shave it on the seventh day.

¹⁰ On the eighth day they must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

¹¹ The priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for them, because they sinned through contact with the dead. On that same day they must consecrate their head again.

¹² They must rededicate to the LORD the days of their Nazirite vow and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. The previous days will be lost, because their Nazirite vow was defiled.

¹³ This is the law for the Nazirite: on the day their Nazirite vow is complete, they must be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.

¹⁴ They shall present their offering to the LORD: a year-old male lamb without defect as a burnt offering; a year-old ewe lamb without defect as a sin offering; and a ram without defect as a fellowship offering.’”

¹⁵ “‘Also, a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, together with their grain offering and drink offerings.

¹⁶ The priest shall present them before the LORD and offer their sin offering and burnt offering.

¹⁷ He shall offer the ram as a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall also offer its grain offering and drink offering.

¹⁸ The Nazirite shall shave their consecrated head at the entrance to the tent of meeting, take the hair from their consecrated head, and put it on the fire beneath the fellowship sacrifice.

¹⁹ The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and place them in the hands of the Nazirite after they have shaved their consecrated hair.

²⁰ The priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. They are holy and belong to the priest, along with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.

²¹ This is the law for the Nazirite who makes a vow: the offering they bring to the LORD for their Nazirite vow, in addition to whatever their means allow. They must do according to the vow they make, following the law of their Nazirite vow.’”

²² The LORD spoke to Moses:

²³ “Speak to Aaron and his sons: ‘This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them:

²⁴ «May the LORD bless you and keep you.

²⁵ May the LORD make his face shine on you and show you favor.

²⁶ May the LORD lift up his face toward you and give you peace.»’

²⁷ In this way they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

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