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Numbers 6:4-8
New International Version
Numbers 6:4-8
New International Version
4 As long as they remain under their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
5 “‘During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor(A) may be used on their head.(B) They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the Lord is over; they must let their hair grow long.
6 “‘Throughout the period of their dedication to the Lord, the Nazirite must not go near a dead body.(C) 7 Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean(D) on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head. 8 Throughout the period of their dedication, they are consecrated to the Lord.
Numbers 6:4-8
English Standard Version
Numbers 6:4-8
English Standard Version
4 All the days of his separation[a] he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.
5 “All the days of his vow of separation, no (A)razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. (B)He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.
6 “All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (C)he shall not go near a dead body. 7 (D)Not even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.
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- Numbers 6:4 Or Naziriteship
Numbers 6:4-8
King James Version
Numbers 6:4-8
King James Version
4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.
7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.
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Numbers 6:4-8
New American Standard Bible
Numbers 6:4-8
New American Standard Bible
4 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.
5 ‘All the days of his vow of consecration (A)no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled which he lives as a Nazirite for the Lord; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.
6 ‘(B)All the days of his life as a Nazirite for the Lord he shall not come up to a dead person. 7 He (C)shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his consecration to God is [a]on his head. 8 All the days of his consecration he is holy to the Lord.
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- Numbers 6:7 I.e., referring either to the visibility of the long hair, or to the consequences of violating the vow
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