The Nazirite
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The LORD said to Moses,
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"Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'If a man or woman wants
to make a special vow, a vow of separation to the LORD as a Nazirite,
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he must abstain from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink
vinegar made fron wine or from other fermented drink.
He must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.
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As long as he is a Nazirite, he must not eat anything that comes from
the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
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" 'During the entire period of his vow of separation no razor may be used
on his head. He must be holy until the period of his separation
to the LORD is over; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
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Throughout the periodof his separation to the LORD
he must not go near a dead body.
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Even if his own father or mother or brother or sister dies,
he must not make himself ceremonially unclean on account of them,
because the symbol of his separation to God is on his head.
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Throughout the period of his separation he is consecreated to the LORD.
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" 'If someone dies suddenly in his presence, thus defiling the hair
he has dedicated, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing -
the seventh day.
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Then on the eighth day he must bring two doves or two young pigeons
to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering
to make atonement for him because he sinned by being in the presence
of the dead body. That same day he is to consecrate his head
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He must dedicate himself to the LORD for the period of his separation
and must bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. The previous days
do not count, because he became defied during his separation.
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" 'Now this is the law for the Nazirite when the period of his separation is over.
He is to be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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There he is to present his offerings to the LORD: a year-old male lamb
without defect for a burnt offering, a year-old ewe lamb without defect
for a sin offering, a ram without defect for a fellowhip offering
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together with their grain offerings and drink offerings,
and a basket of bread made without yeast -
cakes made of fine flour mixed with oil, and wafers spread with oil.
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" 'The priest is to present them before the LORD
and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.
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He is to present the basket of unleavened bread and is to sacrifice the ram
as a fellowhip offering to the LORD,
together with its grain offering and drink offering.
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" 'Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite must shave off
the hair that he dedicated. He is to take the hair and put it in the fire
that is under the sacrifice of the fellowhip offering.
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" 'After the Nazirite has shaved off the hair of his dedication,
the priest is to place in his hands a boiled shoulder of the ram,
and a cake and a wafer from the basket, both made without yeast.
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The priest shall then wave them before the LORD as a wave offering;
they are holy and belong to the priest, together with the breast that was waved
and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may rink wine.
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" 'This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD
in accordance with his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford.
He must fulfill the vow he has made, accoring to the law of the Nazirite.' "
The Priestly Blessing
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The LORD said to Moses,
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"Tell Aaron and his sons, 'Ths is how you are to bless the Israeltites. Say to them:
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" ' "The LORD bless you and keep you;
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the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
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the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." '
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"So they will put my name on the Israelites, and Iwill bless them."
