Chapter 6
1And AO said to Moses,
2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite to separate himself to AO,
3he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine [or] strong drink and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.
4All the days of his separation he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine not even the seeds or skins.
5For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head until the time of his separation to AO is complete. He must be holy; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
6Throughout the days of his separation to AO he must not go near a dead body.
7Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself because the crown of consecration to his God is upon his head.
8Throughout the time of his separation, he is holy to AO.
9If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.
10On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
11And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day, he must consecrate his head again.
12He must rededicate his time of separation to AO and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days should not be counted because his separation was defiled.
13Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting
14and he is to present an offering to AO of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering and an unblemished ram as a peace offering—
15and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—
16The priest is to present all these before AO and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.
17He shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to AO along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
18Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair and put it on the fire under the peace offering.
19And the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake and one unleavened wafer from the basket and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved [the hair of] his consecration.
20The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before AO. This is a holy portion for the priest in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.
21This [is] the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to AO for his separation in addition to whatever else he can afford; whatever vow he makes he must fulfill according to the law of his separation.”
22Then AO said to Moses,
23“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
24‘May AO bless you and keep you,
25may AO cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you,
26may AO lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
27So they shall put My name on the Israelites and I will bless them.”