CHAPTER 6
“Speak
to
the Israelites
and tell
them:
If
a man
or
woman
makes a special
vow,
the vow
of a Nazirite,
to separate himself
to the LORD,
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.
All
the days
of his separation,
he is not
to eat
anything that comes from
the grapevine,
not even the seeds
or
skins.
For the entire
period
of his vow
of separation,
no
razor
shall pass
over
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.
Even if his father
or mother
or brother
or sister
should die,
he is not
to defile himself,
because
the crown of consecration
to his God
is upon
his head.
If
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.
On the eighth
day
he must bring
two
turtledoves
or
two
young
pigeons
to
the priest
at
the entrance
to the Tent
of Meeting.
And 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.
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.
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,
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—
together 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.
The priest
is to present all these
before
the LORD
and make
the sin offering
and
the burnt offering.
He 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ritual
of his separation.”