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1 Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], and tell them: ‘When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazarite ·Consecrated·, to separate himself to Adonai, 3 *. Num 6:3 (Num 6:1-4) (#1. 17): The Nazarite shall separate himself and not drink wine, nor anything mixed with wine having the taste of wine nor grape juice he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, †. Num 6:3 (Num 6:1-4) (#1.18): The Nazarite shall separate himself and not eat the flesh of grapes nor eat fresh grapes or ‡. Num 6:3 (Num 6:1-4) (#1.19): The Nazarite shall separate himself and not eat dry grapes, called raisins dried. 4 All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from §. Num 6:4 (Num 6:1-4) (#1.20): The Nazarite shall separate himself and not eat grape seeds the seeds even to *. Num 6:4 (Num 6:1-4) (#1.21): The Nazarite shall separate himself and not eat grape skins the skins.
5 †. Num 6:5 (Num 6:2) (#1.22): The Nazarite separate himself and not cut his hair “ ‘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 Adonai. He shall be holy. ‡. Num 6:5 (Num 6:2) (#1.23): The Nazarite shall separate himself and let his hair grow long during his dedication He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
6 §. Num 6:6 (Num 6:2, 6:6-8) (#1.24): T. The Nazarite shall separate himself and not enter under any covering where there is a corpse and thus become defiled and unclean / R. The Nazarite must not be under the same roof as a corpse “ ‘All the days that he separates himself to Adonai he shall not go near a dead body. 7 *. Num 6:7 (Num 6:2, 6:6-8) (#1.25): T. The Nazarite shall separate himself and not become unclean from a corpse, even father or mother, brother or sister / R. The Nazarite shall not come into contact with the dead He 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 to God is on his head. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy to Adonai.
9 †. Num 6:9 (Num 6:2, 6:9-12) (#1.26): T. The Nazarite is to separate himself and shave his head at the completion of his Nazerite Vow and offer his hair on the altar of burnt offering with the sacrifices / R. The Nazarite must shave after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazarite period “ ‘If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it. 10 On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting. 11 The priest shall offer one for a habitual sin ·miss the mark· offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)· by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day. 12 He shall separate to Adonai the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a fault incurring guilt offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.
13 “ ‘This is the Torah ·Teaching· of the Nazarite ·Consecrated·: when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting, 14 and he shall offer his offering to Adonai, one male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without defect for a habitual sin ·miss the mark· offering, and one ram without defect for peace offerings, 15 and a basket of matzah ·unleavened bread·, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings. 16 The priest shall present them before Adonai, and shall offer his habitual sin ·miss the mark· offering, and his burnt offering. 17 He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Adonai, with the basket of matzah ·unleavened bread·. The priest shall offer also its meal offering, and its drink offering. 18 The Nazarite ·Consecrated· 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. 19 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 on the hands of the Nazarite ·Consecrated·, after he has shaved the head of his separation; 20 and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Adonai. This is holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazarite ·Consecrated· may drink wine.
21 “ ‘This is the Torah ·Teaching· of the Nazarite ·Consecrated· who vows, and of his offering to Adonai for his separation, besides that which he is able to get. According to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the Torah ·Teaching· of his separation.’ ”
22 Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying, 23 ‡. Num 6:23 (Num 6:22-27) (#1.27): T. The Cohenim ·Priests· shall bless the people of Israel [God prevails] with the Aaronic Blessing (v24-26) / R. The Cohenim ·Priests· must bless the Jewish nation daily “Speak to Aaron [Light-bringer] and to his sons, saying, ‘This is how you shall bless the children of Israel [God prevails].’ You shall tell them,
24 ‘Ye-varekh'ka Yahweh v'yesh'm'reka.
‘Adonai will bless you, and keep you.
25 Ya'er Yahweh pana'ev 'ele'ka, ve'choon'eka,
Adonai will make his face to shine on you,
and be gracious to you.
26 Yesa' Yahweh pana'v 'eileyka,
Adonai will lift up his face toward you,
v'yaseim l'ka shalom.
and give you shalom ·complete, whole peace·.’
27 “So they shall put את my name on the children of Israel [God prevails]; and I will bless them.”

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*6:3 . Num 6:3 (Num 6:1-4) (#1. 17): The Nazarite shall separate himself and not drink wine, nor anything mixed with wine having the taste of wine nor grape juice

†6:3 . Num 6:3 (Num 6:1-4) (#1.18): The Nazarite shall separate himself and not eat the flesh of grapes

‡6:3 . Num 6:3 (Num 6:1-4) (#1.19): The Nazarite shall separate himself and not eat dry grapes, called raisins

§6:4 . Num 6:4 (Num 6:1-4) (#1.20): The Nazarite shall separate himself and not eat grape seeds

*6:4 . Num 6:4 (Num 6:1-4) (#1.21): The Nazarite shall separate himself and not eat grape skins

†6:5 . Num 6:5 (Num 6:2) (#1.22): The Nazarite separate himself and not cut his hair

‡6:5 . Num 6:5 (Num 6:2) (#1.23): The Nazarite shall separate himself and let his hair grow long during his dedication

§6:6 . Num 6:6 (Num 6:2, 6:6-8) (#1.24): T. The Nazarite shall separate himself and not enter under any covering where there is a corpse and thus become defiled and unclean / R. The Nazarite must not be under the same roof as a corpse

*6:7 . Num 6:7 (Num 6:2, 6:6-8) (#1.25): T. The Nazarite shall separate himself and not become unclean from a corpse, even father or mother, brother or sister / R. The Nazarite shall not come into contact with the dead

†6:9 . Num 6:9 (Num 6:2, 6:9-12) (#1.26): T. The Nazarite is to separate himself and shave his head at the completion of his Nazerite Vow and offer his hair on the altar of burnt offering with the sacrifices / R. The Nazarite must shave after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazarite period

‡6:23 . Num 6:23 (Num 6:22-27) (#1.27): T. The Cohenim ·Priests· shall bless the people of Israel [God prevails] with the Aaronic Blessing (v24-26) / R. The Cohenim ·Priests· must bless the Jewish nation daily

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