Numbers 6:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head: until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Throughout the length of their vow, no razor may touch their head. Until the time of their dedication to the LORD is complete, they are to be holy and allow the hair of their head to grow long.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And as longe as the vowe of his abstinece endureth there shall no rasure nor sheres come apon his heed vntill his dayes be out which he fasteth vnto the Lorde and he shalbe holy and shall let the lockes of his heer growe.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    As longe as the vowe of his abstynence endureth, there shall no rasoure come vpon his heade, tyll the tyme be out which he absteyneth vnto the LORDE, for he is holy. And he shall let the heer of his heade growe, and stonde bare openly.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    While hee is separate by his vowe, the rasor shall not come vpon his head, vntill the dayes be out, in the which he separateth him selfe vnto the Lord, he shalbe holy, and shall let the lockes of the heare of his head growe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And as long as he voweth and is seperated, there shall not rasure come vpon his head, vntyll his dayes be out in the which he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde, he shalbe holy, and shall let the lockes of his heere growe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `All days of the vow of his separation a razor doth not pass over his head; till the fulness of the days which he doth separate to Jehovah he is holy; grown up hath the upper part of the hair of his head.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    All the time he is under his oath let no blade come near his head; till the days while he is separate are ended he is holy and his hair may not be cut.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "'All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant, and remember me, and not forget your maidservant, but will give your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.
  • Judg 13:5 : 5 For, behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.
  • Judg 16:17 : 17 that he told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazarite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man."
  • Judg 16:19 : 19 Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.
  • Lam 4:7-8 : 7 Her Nazirites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their appearance was like sapphire. 8 Their appearance is blacker than coal; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin clings to their bones; it has withered, it has become like a stick.
  • 1 Cor 11:10-15 : 10 For this reason the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is from the man, even so the man is also by the woman; but all things are from God. 13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her as a covering.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Num 6:6-9
    4 verses
    84%

    6All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.

    7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or his mother, for his brother, or his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

    8All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD.

    9And if anyone dies very suddenly near him, and he defiles the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

  • Ezek 44:20
    79%

    20They shall neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they shall only trim their hair.

  • Lev 21:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

    5They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shave off the corner of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

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

  • Lev 13:33
    76%

    33he shall be shaved, but the scaly disease shall not be shaved, and the priest shall shut up the one who has the scaly disease seven more days.

  • Num 6:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves to the LORD:

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

    4All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing made from the vine tree, from the seeds even to the skin.

  • Num 6:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18And the Nazarite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall take the hair of his consecrated head, and put it in the fire under the sacrifice of the 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 Nazarite, after the hair of his consecration is shaved:

  • Lev 14:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

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

    9But 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, he shall also wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

  • Lev 19:27
    74%

    27You shall not shave around the corners of your heads, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your 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 sanctify his head the same day.

    12And he shall consecrate to the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the previous days shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

    13And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of meeting:

  • Num 6:21
    73%

    21This is the law of the Nazarite who has vowed, and of his offering to the LORD for his separation, besides what else his hand is able to provide: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do according to the law of his separation.

  • Judg 13:5
    73%

    5For, behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

  • Lev 13:40-42
    3 verses
    72%

    40And the man whose hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, yet he is clean.

    41And if his hair has fallen from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald, yet he is clean.

    42And if there is on the bald head or bald forehead a white reddish sore, it is leprosy that has sprung up on his bald head or bald forehead.

  • Judg 16:17
    71%

    17that he told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazarite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

  • Ezek 5:1
    71%

    1And you, son of man, take a sharp knife, take a barber's razor, and cause it to pass over your head and your beard: then take scales to weigh and divide the hair.

  • Deut 14:1
    70%

    1You are the children of the LORD your God; you 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 LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant, and remember me, and not forget your maidservant, but will give your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.

  • Lev 21:10-12
    3 verses
    70%

    10And he who is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor tear his clothes;

    11Neither shall he go near 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 the LORD.

  • Isa 7:20
    70%

    20In that same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by those beyond the river, by 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 who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is the same as if she were shaved.

    6For if a woman is not covered, let her be shorn; but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.

  • Judg 16:22
    69%

    22However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.

  • Jer 47:5
    68%

    5Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?

  • 1 Cor 11:14
    68%

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

  • Num 8:7
    67%

    7And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purification upon them, let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and make themselves clean.

  • Lev 13:44
    67%

    44he is a leprous man; he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is on his head.

  • Lev 13:31
    67%

    31And if the priest examines the plague of the scaly disease and it does not appear deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the one who has the plague of the scaly disease for seven days.

  • Jer 48:37
    66%

    37For every head shall be bald and every beard clipped; upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

  • Acts 21:24
    66%

    24Take them and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing; but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law.

  • Lev 13:21
    66%

    21But if the priest looks on it and there are no white hairs in it and it is not deeper than the skin but is somewhat dark, then the priest shall shut him up for seven days.

  • Matt 5:36
    66%

    36Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

  • Judg 13:7
    66%

    7But he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

  • Deut 21:12
    66%

    12Then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and trim her nails;

  • Ezek 44:26
    66%

    26And after he is cleansed, they shall count seven days for him.

  • Lev 21:15
    66%

    15Neither shall he profane his descendants among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.