Numbers 6

Revised Geneva Translation

6 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When a man or a woman separates themselves to vow a vow of a Nazirite, to separate to the LORD,

³ ‘he shall abstain from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no sour wine nor sour drink, nor shall drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

⁴ ‘As long as his abstinence endures, he shall eat nothing that is made from the wine of the vine or the kernels or the husk.

⁵ ‘While he is separated by his vow, the razor shall not come upon his head until the days are complete in which he separates himself to the LORD. He shall be holy and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

⁶ ‘During the time that he separates himself to the LORD, he shall come near no dead body:

⁷ ‘He shall not make himself unclean at the death of his father or mother, brother, or sister. For the consecration of his God is upon his head.

⁸ ‘All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the LORD.

⁹ ‘And if anyone dies suddenly near him, and the head of his consecration shall be defiled, he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it.

¹⁰ ‘And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the Priest at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

¹¹ ‘Then the Priest shall prepare one for a Sin Offering and the other for a Burnt Offering and shall make an atonement for him, because he sinned concerning the dead. So shall he consecrate his head the same day.

¹² ‘And he shall consecrate the days of his separation to the LORD and shall bring a lamb of a year old for a Trespass Offering. But the early days shall be voided, for his consecration was defiled.

¹³ ‘This, then, is the Law of the Nazirite: when the time of his consecration is ended, he shall come to the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

¹⁴ ‘And he shall bring his offering to the LORD: a male lamb of a year old without blemish (for a Burnt Offering), a female lamb of a year old without blemish (for a Sin Offering), a ram without blemish (for Peace Offerings),

¹⁵ ‘a basket of unleavened bread—of cakes of fine flour, mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread, anointed with oil—with their Meat Offering and their Drink Offerings.

¹⁶ ‘The Priest shall bring these before the LORD and make his Sin Offering and his Burnt Offering.

¹⁷ ‘He shall also prepare the ram for a Peace Offering to the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread. And the Priest shall make his Meat Offering and his Drink Offering.

¹⁸ ‘And the Nazirite shall shave the head of his consecration at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation and shall take the hair of the head of his consecration and put it in the fire which is under the Peace Offering.

¹⁹ ‘Then, the Priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and an unleavened cake out of the basket, and a wafer (unleavened) and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved his consecration.

²⁰ ‘And the Priest shall shake them to and fro before the LORD. This is a Holy thing for the Priest besides the shaken breast, and besides the heave shoulder. So afterward, the Nazirite may drink wine.

²¹ ‘This is the Law of the Nazirite which he has vowed from his offering to the LORD for his consecration, in addition to whatever else he is able to bring. According to the vow which he vowed, so shall he do after the Law of his Consecration.’”

²² And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

²³ “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus shall you bless the children of Israel, and say to them,

²⁴ “The LORD bless you and keep you.

²⁵ “The LORD make His Face shine upon you and be merciful to you.

²⁶ “The LORD lift up His Countenance upon you and give you peace.”

²⁷ ‘So they shall put My Name upon the children of Israel. And I will bless them.’”