Numbers 6:5

American Standard Version (1901)

All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in which he separateth himself unto Jehovah, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

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  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
  • Judg 13:5 : 5 for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
  • Judg 16:17 : 17 And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
  • Judg 16:19 : 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
  • Lam 4:7-8 : 7 Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire. 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; They are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
  • 1 Cor 11:10-15 : 10 for this cause ought the woman to have [a sign of] authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God. 13 Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 6:6-9
    4 verses
    84%

    6All the days that he separateth himself unto Jehovah he shall not come near to a dead body.

    7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation unto God is upon his head.

    8All the days of his separation he is holy unto Jehovah.

    9And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

  • Ezek 44:20
    79%

    20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

  • Lev 21:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4He shall not defile himself, [being] a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

    5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

    6They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

  • Lev 13:33
    76%

    33then he shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up [him that hath] the scall seven days more:

  • Num 6:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

    2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself unto Jehovah,

    3he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

    4All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk.

  • Num 6:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18And the Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace-offerings.

    19And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven [the head of] his separation;

  • Lev 14:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.

    9And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

  • Lev 19:27
    74%

    27Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

  • Num 6:11-13
    3 verses
    74%

    11and the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

    12And he shall separate unto Jehovah the days of his separation, and shall bring a he-lamb a year old for a trespass-offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

    13And this is the law of the Nazirite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tent of meeting:

  • Num 6:21
    73%

    21This is the law of the Nazirite who voweth, [and of] his oblation unto Jehovah for his separation, besides that which he is able to get: according to his vow which he voweth, so he must do after the law of his separation.

  • Judg 13:5
    73%

    5for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • Lev 13:40-42
    3 verses
    72%

    40And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; [yet] is he clean.

    41And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; [yet] is he clean.

    42But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.

  • Judg 16:17
    71%

    17And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

  • Ezek 5:1
    71%

    1And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; [as] a barber's razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

  • Deut 14:1
    70%

    1Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

  • 1 Sam 1:11
    70%

    11And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

  • Lev 21:10-12
    3 verses
    70%

    10And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes;

    11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

    12neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah.

  • Isa 7:20
    70%

    20In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, [even] with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

  • 1 Cor 11:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

    6For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

  • Judg 16:22
    69%

    22Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

  • Jer 47:5
    68%

    5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

  • 1 Cor 11:14
    68%

    14Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

  • Num 8:7
    67%

    7And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

  • Lev 13:44
    67%

    44he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head.

  • Lev 13:31
    67%

    31And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up [him that hath] the plague of the scall seven days:

  • Jer 48:37
    66%

    37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

  • Acts 21:24
    66%

    24these take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges for them, that they may shave their heads: and all shall know that there is no truth in the things whereof they have been informed concerning thee; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.

  • Lev 13:21
    66%

    21But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

  • Matt 5:36
    66%

    36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

  • Judg 13:7
    66%

    7but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.

  • Deut 21:12
    66%

    12then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

  • Ezek 44:26
    66%

    26And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

  • Lev 21:15
    66%

    15And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.