Numbers 6:2
“Speak to the Israelites, and tell them,‘When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
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- Judg 13:5 : 5 Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.”
- Amos 2:11-12 : 11 I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?” The LORD is speaking! 12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets,‘Do not prophesy!’
- Rom 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
- 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,“I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
- Gal 1:15 : 15 But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased
- Heb 7:27 : 27 He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.
- Luke 1:15 : 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
- Acts 21:23-24 : 23 So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow; 24 take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.
- Judg 16:17 : 17 Finally he told her his secret. He said to her,“My hair has never been cut, for I have been dedicated to God from the time I was conceived. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men.”
- 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 So I also dedicate him to the LORD. For all the days of his life he is dedicated to the LORD.”Then he bowed down there in worship to the LORD.
- Prov 18:1 : 1 One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
- Exod 33:16 : 16 For how will it be known then that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?”
- Lev 20:26 : 26 You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.
- Lev 27:2 : 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the LORD,
- Num 6:5-6 : 5 “‘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. 6 “‘All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he must not contact a dead body.
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1 The Nazirite Vow Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
- Num 6:18-225 verses81%
18 “‘Then the Nazirite must shave his consecrated head at the entrance to the tent of meeting and must take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire where the peace offering is burning.
19 And the priest must take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one cake made without yeast from the basket, and one wafer made without yeast, and put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated head;
20 then the priest must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD; it is a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the raised offering. After this the Nazirite may drink wine.’
21 “This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the LORD his offering according to his separation, as well as whatever else he can provide. Thus he must fulfill his vow that he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
22 The Priestly Benediction The LORD spoke to Moses:
- Num 6:3-64 verses80%
3 he must separate himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.
4 All the days of his separation he must not eat anything that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.
5 “‘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.
6 “‘All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he must not contact a dead body.
- Num 6:12-132 verses76%
12 He must rededicate to the LORD the days of his separation and bring a male lamb in its first year as a reparation offering, but the former days will not be counted because his separation was defiled.
13 Fulfilling the Vows“‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he must be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,
- Lev 27:1-22 verses76%
1 Redemption of Vowed People The LORD spoke to Moses:
2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the LORD,
- Num 6:8-92 verses73%
8 All the days of his separation he must be holy to the LORD.
9 Contingencies for Defilement“‘If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he must shave his head on the day of his purification– on the seventh day he must shave it.
- Num 30:2-32 verses73%
2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.
3 Vows Made by Single Women“If a young woman who is still living in her father’s house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation,
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7 He said to me,‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.’”
- Num 5:5-62 verses71%
5 Restitution for Sin Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
6 “Tell the Israelites,‘When a man or a woman commits any sin that people commit, thereby breaking faith with the LORD, and that person is found guilty,
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6 Vows Made by Married Women“And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself,
- Judg 13:4-52 verses70%
4 Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.
5 Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.”
- Amos 2:11-122 verses70%
11 I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?” The LORD is speaking!
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets,‘Do not prophesy!’
- Num 30:9-102 verses70%
9 Vows Made by Widows“But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.
10 If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,
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1 Trespass by Deception and False Oath(5:20) Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
- Num 5:11-122 verses69%
11 The Jealousy Ordeal The LORD spoke to Moses:
12 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘If any man’s wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him,
- Lev 12:1-22 verses69%
1 Purification of a Woman after Childbirth The LORD spoke to Moses:
2 “Tell the Israelites,‘When a woman produces offspring and bears a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is unclean during the days of her menstruation.
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14 She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”
- Lev 22:17-182 verses69%
17 Regulations for Offering Votive and Freewill Offerings The LORD spoke to Moses:
18 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them,‘When any man from the house of Israel or from the resident foreigners in Israel presents his offering for any of the votive or freewill offerings which they present to the LORD as a burnt offering,
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1 Regulations for the Eating of Priestly Stipends The LORD spoke to Moses:
- Lev 15:1-22 verses68%
1 Male Bodily Discharges The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:
2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.
- Lev 19:1-22 verses67%
1 Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:
2 “Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
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16 Rules for the Priesthood The LORD spoke to Moses:
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8 “You are to say to them:‘Any man from the house of Israel or from the resident foreigners who live in their midst, who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
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6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
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6 “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.
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12 Sabbath Observance The LORD said to Moses,
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1 The Red Heifer Ritual The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:
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6 “‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the LORD’s gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.
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6 The LORD said to Moses:
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22 They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest’s widow.