6The LORD commanded MosesH3068H1696H4872H5592to give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Any of you, male or female, who make a special vow to become a nazirite and dedicate yourself to the LORDH1696H1121H3478H559H376H802H6381H5087H5088H5139H5144H30683shall abstain from wine and beer. You shall not drink any kind of drink made from grapes or eat any grapes or raisins.H5144H3196H7941H8354H2558H3196H2558H7941H8354H4952H6025H398H3892H6025H30024As long as you are a nazirite, you shall not eat anything that comes from a grapevine, not even the seeds or skins of grapes.H3117H5145H398H6213H3196H1612H2785H20855As long as you are under the nazirite vow, you must not cut your hair or shave. You are bound by the vow for the full time that you are dedicated to the LORD, and you shall let your hair grow.H3117H5088H5145H8593H5674H7218H3117H4390H5144H3068H6918H6545H8181H7218H14316Your hair is the sign of your dedication to God,H3117H5144H3068H935H4191H53157and so you must not defile yourself by going near a corpse, not even that of your father, mother, brother, or sister.H2930H1H517H251H269H4194H5145H430H72188As long as you are a nazirite, you are consecrated to the LORD.H3117H5145H6918H30689If your consecrated hair is defiled because you are right beside someone who suddenly dies, you must wait seven days and then shave your head; and so you become ritually clean.H4191H4191H6621H6597H2930H7218H5145H1548H7218H3117H2893H7637H3117H154810On the eighth day you shall bring two doves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of the LORD's presence.H8066H3117H935H8147H8449H8147H1121H3123H3548H6607H168H415011The priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to perform the ritual of purification for you because of your contact with a corpse. On the same day you shall reconsecrate your hairH3548H6213H259H2403H259H5930H3722H834H2398H5315H6942H7218H311712and rededicate to the LORD your time as a nazirite. The previous period of time doesn't count, because your consecrated hair was defiled. As a repayment offering you shall bring a one-year-old lamb.H5144H3068H3117H5145H935H3532H1121H8141H817H3117H7223H5307H5145H293013When you complete your nazirite vow, you shall perform this ritual. You shall go to the entrance of the TentH8451H5139H3117H3117H5145H4390H935H6607H168H415014and present to the LORD three animals without any defects: a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, a one-year-old ewe lamb for a sin offering, and a ram for a fellowship offering.H7126H7133H3068H259H3532H1121H8141H8549H5930H259H3535H1323H8141H8549H2403H259H352H8549H800215You shall also offer a basket of bread made without yeast: thick loaves made of flour mixed with olive oil and thin cakes brushed with olive oil, and in addition the required offerings of grain and wine.H5536H4682H2471H5560H1101H8081H7550H4682H4886H8081H4503H526216The priest shall present all these to the LORD and offer the sin offering and the burnt offering.H3548H7126H6440H3068H6213H2403H593017He shall sacrifice the ram to the LORD as a fellowship offering, and offer it with the basket of bread; he shall also present the offerings of grain and wine.H6213H352H2077H8002H3068H5536H4682H3548H6213H4503H526218At the entrance of the Tent you nazirites shall shave off your hair and put it on the fire on which the fellowship offering is being burned.H5139H1548H7218H5145H6607H168H4150H3947H8181H7218H5145H5414H784H2077H800219Then, when the shoulder of the ram is boiled, the priest shall take it and put it, together with one thick loaf of bread and one thin cake from the basket, into the hands of the nazirite.H3548H3947H1311H2220H352H259H4682H2471H5536H259H4682H7550H5414H3709H5139H310H5145H154820Next, the priest shall present them as a special gift to the LORD; they are a sacred offering for the priest, in addition to the breast and the leg of the ram which by law belong to the priest. After that, the nazirite may drink wine.H3548H5130H8573H6440H3068H6944H3548H8573H2373H8641H7785H310H5139H8354H319621These are the regulations for you nazirites; but if you promise an offering beyond what your vow requires you to give, you must fulfill exactly the promise you made.H8451H5139H5087H7133H3068H5145H3027H5381H6310H5088H5087H6213H8451H5145
The Priestly Blessing
22The LORD commanded MosesH3068H1696H4872H55923to tell Aaron and his sons to use the following words in blessing the people of Israel:H1696H175H1121H559H3541H1288H1121H3478H55924May the LORD bless you and take care of you;H3068H1288H810425May the LORD be kind and gracious to you;H3068H6440H215H260326May the LORD look on you with favor and give you peace.H3068H5375H6440H7760H796527And the LORD said, "If they pronounce my name as a blessing upon the people of Israel, I will bless them."H7760H8034H1121H3478H1288
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