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Numbers 6:4

As long as you are a nazirite, you shall not eat anything that comes from a grapevine, not even the seeds or skins of grapes.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abstinence, Total;   Fraternity;   Grape;   Husk;   Nazarite;   Prohibition;   Scofield Reference Index - Separation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Husks;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Nazarites;   Trees;   Vine, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Grapes;   Nazarite;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nazirite;   Samson;   Vow;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Abstain, Abstinence;   Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Husk;   John the Baptist;   Nazarite;   Samson;   Wine;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abstinence;   John the Baptist;   Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Consecration;   Hair;   Husk;   Nazirite;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Nazirite;   Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Marriage;   Nazirite;   Purification ;   Vote;   Zacharias ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Husk;   Nazarite ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nazarene;   Nazarites;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;   Nazarites;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Naz'arite,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Vine;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hair;   Kernel;   Nazirite;   Separation;   Vine;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Blessing, Priestly;   Commandments, the 613;   Grape;   Hatra'ah;   Mishnah;   Nazarite;   Nazir;   Priestly Code;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.
King James Version
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
Lexham English Bible
All the days of his separation you will not eat from anything that is made from the grapevine, from sour grapes to the skin of grapes.
New Century Version
While they are Nazirites, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, even the seeds or the skin.
New English Translation
All the days of his separation he must not eat anything that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.
Amplified Bible
'All the time of his separation he shall not eat anything produced from the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.
New American Standard Bible
'All the days of his consecration he shall not eat anything that is produced from the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.
Geneva Bible (1587)
As long as his abstinence endureth, shall hee eat nothing that is made of the wine of the vine, neither the kernels, nor the huske.
Legacy Standard Bible
All the days of his Nazirite vow he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.
Contemporary English Version
not even the seeds or skins.
Complete Jewish Bible
As long as he remains a nazir he is to eat nothing derived from the grapevine, not even the grape-skins or the seeds.
Darby Translation
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine, from the seed-stones, even to the skin.
Easy-to-Read Version
During that special time of dedication, they must not eat anything that comes from grapes. They must not even eat the seeds or the skins from grapes.
English Standard Version
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.
George Lamsa Translation
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the skins even to the stones of raisins.
Christian Standard Bible®
He is not to eat anything produced by the grapevine, from seeds to skin, during the period of his consecration.
Literal Translation
All the days of his separation he shall not eat from all that is made of the vine, from pressed grapes, even to the stem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer he shall eate nothinge that is made of the vyne tre, from the wyne cornels vnto the hulle.
American Standard Version
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk.
Bible in Basic English
All the time he is separate he may take nothing made from the grape-vine, from its seeds to its skin.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As long as his abstinence endureth, shall he eate nothyng that is made of the vine tree, or of the cornels, or of the huske of the grape.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the days of his Naziriteship shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the pressed grapes even to the grapestone.
King James Version (1611)
All the dayes of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels euen to the huske.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
all the days of his vow: he shall eat no one of all the things that come from the vine, wine from the grape-stones to the husk,
English Revised Version
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk.
Berean Standard Bible
All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
alle dayes in whiche thei ben halewid bi a vow to the Lord; thei schulen not ete what euer thing may be of the vyner, fro a grape dried `til to the draf.
Young's Literal Translation
all days of his separation, of anything which is made of the wine-vine, from kernels even unto husk, he doth not eat.
Update Bible Version
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk.
Webster's Bible Translation
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
World English Bible
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.
New King James Version
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.
New Living Translation
As long as they are bound by their Nazirite vow, they are not allowed to eat or drink anything that comes from a grapevine—not even the grape seeds or skins.
New Life Bible
All the days he is set apart, he must not eat anything made from the grape-field, not even the seeds or the skins.
New Revised Standard
All their days as nazirites they shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All the days of his separation, of nothing that is made from the grapevine from the seeds even to the skin, shall he eat.
Douay-Rheims Bible
All the days that they are consecrated to the Lord by vow: they shall eat nothing that cometh of the vineyard, from the raisin even to the kernel.
Revised Standard Version
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'All the days of his separation he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord commanded Moses 2 to give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Any of you, male or female, who make a special vow to become a nazirite and dedicate yourself to the Lord 3 shall abstain from wine and beer. You shall not drink any kind of drink made from grapes or eat any grapes or raisins. 4 As long as you are a nazirite, you shall not eat anything that comes from a grapevine, not even the seeds or skins of grapes. 5 As long as you are under the nazirite vow, you must not cut your hair or shave. You are bound by the vow for the full time that you are dedicated to the Lord , and you shall let your hair grow. 6Your 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. 8 As long as you are a nazirite, you are consecrated to the Lord . 9 If your consecrated hair is defiled because you are right beside someone who suddenly dies, you must wait seven days and then shave your head; and so you become ritually clean. 10 On the eighth day you shall bring two doves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord 's presence. 11 The priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to perform the ritual of purification for you because of your contact with a corpse. On the same day you shall reconsecrate your hair

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

separation: or, Nazariteship, Numbers 6:5, Numbers 6:8, Numbers 6:9, Numbers 6:12, Numbers 6:13, Numbers 6:18, Numbers 6:19, Numbers 6:21

vine tree: Heb. vine of the wine

Cross-References

Genesis 6:15
Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
Genesis 6:21
Take along all kinds of food for you and for them."
Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything that God commanded.
Genesis 11:4
They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
Numbers 13:33
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Deuteronomy 3:11
(King Og was the last of the Rephaim. His coffin, made of stone, was six feet wide and almost fourteen feet long, according to standard measurements. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
1 Samuel 17:4
A man named Goliath, from the city of Gath, came out from the Philistine camp to challenge the Israelites. He was over nine feet tall

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree,.... Of its leaves, branches, and fruit, especially the latter, put into any sort of food, or infused into any liquor, or mixed with any sauce for food: the days or time of separation were according as the vow was made, for a shorter or longer time; though the Jews t say, where the vow is, absolutely expressed, it is always to be understood of thirty days, during which time the Nazarite was not to eat or drink of any composition that had anything the vine in it:

from the kernels even to the husk; the Jews u are divided about the two words here used, which of them signifies the outermost part of the grape, and which the innermost; Ben Gersom agrees with us, but it matters not much who are in the right, since both are forbidden: by this part of the law, the people of God, who are spiritual Nazarites, are taught to live temperately and soberly, and to abstain from all appearance of sin: it is pretty remarkable what the Jews w say, that when the son of David comes, it will be free for a Nazarite to drink wine on sabbath days and festivals, though not on week days; from whence it appears, they seem to be conscious of a change of the ceremonial law in his days.

t Misn. Nazir, c. 1. sect. 3. & c. 6. sect. 3. u Misn. Nazir, c. 6. sect. 2. Aben Ezra in loc. w T. Bab. Erubin, fol. 43. 1.

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.


 
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