the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
Click here to join the effort!
Read the Bible
Easy-to-Read Version
Numbers 6:6
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- CondensedParallel Translations
"All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.
All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.
"‘All the days of keeping himself separated for Yahweh he will not go to a person who is dead;
During their special time of belonging to the Lord , Nazirites must not go near a dead body.
"‘All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he must not contact a dead body.
'All the time that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.
'All the days of his life as a Nazirite for the LORD he shall not come up to a dead person.
During the time yt he separateth himselfe vnto the Lord, he shall come at no dead body:
‘All the days of his dedication as a Nazirite to Yahweh he shall not go near to a dead person.
During the time that you are a Nazirite, you must never go close to a dead body,
"‘Throughout the period for which he has consecrated himself to Adonai , he is not to approach a corpse.
All the days that he hath consecrated himself to Jehovah, he shall come near no dead body.
"All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.
All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not come near a dead body.
Your hair is the sign of your dedication to God, and so you must not defile yourself by going near a corpse, not even that of your father, mother, brother, or sister.
He must not go near a dead body during the time he consecrates himself to the Lord.
All the days of his separation to Jehovah he shall not go near a dead person.
All the tyme ouer yt he absteyneth vnto the LORDE, shal he go to no deed.
All the days that he separateth himself unto Jehovah he shall not come near to a dead body.
All the time he is separate he may not come near any dead body.
As long as he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde, he shall come at no dead body.
All the days that he consecrateth himself unto the LORD he shall not come near to a dead body.
All the dayes that he separateth himselfe vnto the Lord, hee shall come at no dead body.
all the days of his vow to the Lord: he shall not come nigh to any dead body,
All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall not come near to a dead body.
Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.
In al the tyme of his halewing he schal not entre on a deed bodi,
`All days of his keeping separate to Jehovah, near a dead person he doth not go;
All the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he shall not come near to a dead body.
All the days that he separateth [himself] to the LORD, he shall come at no dead body.
"All the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he shall not go near a dead body.
All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.
And they must not go near a dead body during the entire period of their vow to the Lord .
‘All the days he is set apart to the Lord, he must not go near a dead person.
All the days that they separate themselves to the Lord they shall not go near a corpse.
All the days for which he hath separated himself unto Yahweh to no dead person, shall he go in.
All the time of his consecration he shall not go in to any dead,
"All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.
"Also, for the duration of the consecration to God , you must not go near a corpse. Even if it's the body of your father or mother, brother or sister, you must not ritually defile yourself because the sign of consecration to God is on your head.
'All the days of his separation to the LORD he shall not go near to a dead person.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he shall come: Numbers 19:11-16, Leviticus 19:28, Jeremiah 16:5, Jeremiah 16:6, Ezekiel 24:16-18, Matthew 8:21, Matthew 8:22, Luke 9:59, Luke 9:60, 2 Corinthians 5:16
Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:6 - Uncover Numbers 6:2 - When Numbers 9:6 - defiled Psalms 16:10 - my
Cross-References
But Noah pleased the Lord .
Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
"Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.
I will make a special agreement with you. You, your wife, your sons, and their wives will all go into the boat.
So the Lord felt sorry for the people. He did not do what he said he might do—he did not destroy them.
God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If he says he will do something, then he will do it. If he makes a promise, then he will do what he promised.
I only wanted to change their way of thinking—I wanted them to respect me and obey all my commands from the heart. Then everything would be fine with them and with their descendants forever.
If they were wise, they would understand; they would know what would happen to them.
"The Lord will judge his people. They are his servants, and he will show them mercy. He will see that their power is gone. He will see that they are all helpless— the slaves and free people too.
"Saul has stopped following me, so I am sorry that I made him king. He is not doing what I tell him." Samuel became angry and cried to the Lord all night.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the Lord,.... This phrase is repeated at every new article and branch of the law of the Nazarites, of which what follows is the third; showing that each part of it, during that time, was strictly to be observed:
he shall come at no dead body: not near to any, not even to be in the same place where a dead body lay, nor to touch one, nor to attend the funeral of any, nor be concerned at all about burying the dead; now, as such so defiled were unclean seven days, and during that time might not go into the tabernacle, the Nazarites were strictly cautioned against such pollution, that they might not be detained from the service of God they had devoted themselves unto; see Numbers 19:11.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The law of the Nazarite is appropriately added to other enactments which concern the sanctity of the holy nation. That sanctity found its highest expression in the Nazarite vow, which was the voluntary adoption for a time of obligations to high and strict modes of self-dedication resembling, and indeed in some particulars exceeding, those under which the priests were placed. The present enactments do not institute a new kind of observance, but only regulate one already familiar to the Israelites Numbers 6:2.
Numbers 6:2
A Nazarite - Strictly, Nazirite. This term signifies “separated” i. e., as the words following show, “unto God.” It became a technical term at an early date; compare Judges 13:5, Judges 13:7; Judges 16:17.
Numbers 6:3
Liquor of grapes - i. e. a drink made of grape-skins macerated in water.
Numbers 6:4
From the kernels even to the husk - A sour drink was made from the stones of unripe grapes; and cakes were also made of the husks Hosea 3:1. This interdict figures that separation from the general society of men to which the Nazarite for the time was consecrated.
Numbers 6:5
Among the Jews the abundance of the hair was considered to betoken physical strength and perfection (compare 2 Samuel 14:25-26), and baldness was regarded as a grave blemish (compare Leviticus 21:20 note, Leviticus 13:40 ff; 2 Kings 2:23; Isaiah 3:24). Thus, the free growth of the hair on the head of the Nazarite represented the dedication of the man with all his strength and powers to the service of God.
Numbers 6:7
The consecration of his God - i. e. the unshorn locks: compare Leviticus 25:5 note, where the vine, left during the Sabbatical year untouched by the hand of man, either for pruning or for vintage, is called simply a “Nazarite.”
The third rule of the Nazarite interdicted him from contracting any ceremonial defilement even under circumstances which excused such defilement in others: compare Leviticus 21:1-3.
Numbers 6:9-12
Prescriptions to meet the case of a sudden death taking place “by him” (i. e. in his presence). The days of the dedication of the Nazarite had to be recommenced.
Numbers 6:13
When the days of his separation are fulfilled - Perpetual Nazariteship was probably unknown in the days of Moses; but the examples of Samson, Samuel, and John the Baptist, show that it was in later times undertaken for life. Again, Moses does not expressly require that limits should be assigned to the vow; but a rule was afterward imposed that no Nazarite vow should be taken for less than thirty days. To permit the vow to be taken for very short periods would diminish its solemnity and estimation.
Numbers 6:14, Numbers 6:15
The sin-offering (compare the marginal references), though named second, was in practice offered first, being intended to expiate involuntary sins committed during the period of separation. The burnt-offering (Leviticus 1:10 ff) denoted the self-surrender on which alone all acceptableness in the Nazarite before God must rest; the peace-offerings (Leviticus 3:12 ff) expressed thankfulness to God by whose grace the vow had been fulfilled. The offerings, both ordinary and additional, required on the completion of the Nazarite vow involved considerable expense, and it was regarded as a pious work to provide the poor with the means of making them (compare Acts 21:23 ff; Acts 1:0 Macc. 3:49).
Numbers 6:18
Shave the head - As the Nazarite had during his vow worn his hair unshorn in honor of God, so when the time was complete it was natural that the hair, the symbol of his vow, should be cut off, and offered to God at the sanctuary. The burning of the hair “in the fire under the sacrifice of the peace offering “represented the eucharistic communion with God obtained by those who realised the ideal which the Nazarite set forth (compare the marginal reference).
Numbers 6:20
The priest shall wave them - i. e. by placing his hands under those of the Nazarite: compare Leviticus 7:30.
Numbers 6:21
Beside that that his hand shall get - The Nazarite, in addition to the offerings prescribed above, was to present free-will offerings according to his possessions or means.
