²³ so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow.^{(A) 24} Take these men, join in their purification rites^(B) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.^(C) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.

² “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to make a special vow^(A), a vow of dedication^(B) to the Lord as a Nazirite,^(C)

¹⁸ “‘Then at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the Nazirite must shave off the hair that symbolizes their dedication.^(A) They are to take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering.