‘But if someone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head of hair, then (A)he shall shave his head on the day when he becomes clean; (B)he shall shave it on the seventh day.

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“‘If someone dies suddenly in the Nazirite’s presence, thus defiling the hair that symbolizes their dedication,(A) they must shave their head on the seventh day—the day of their cleansing.(B)

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13 ‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite (A)when the days of his consecration are fulfilled: he shall bring [a]his offering to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 14 And he shall present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb a year old without defect as a burnt offering, one (B)ewe lamb a year old without defect as a sin offering, one ram without defect as a peace offering, 15 and a basket of (C)unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with (D)their grain offering and their drink offering. 16 Then the priest shall present them before the Lord and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering. 17 He shall also offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, together with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall also offer its grain offering and its drink offering. 18 (E)The Nazirite shall then shave his consecrated head of hair at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and take the consecrated hair of his head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. 19 (F)And the priest shall take the ram’s shoulder when it has been boiled, and one unleavened loaf from the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the [b]hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair. 20 Then the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. It is holy for the priest, together with the breast offered as a wave offering, and the thigh offered as [c]a contribution; and (G)afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.’

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:13 Lit it
  2. Numbers 6:19 Lit palms
  3. Numbers 6:20 Or an uplifted offering

13 “‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the period of their dedication is over.(A) They are to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.(B) 14 There they are to present their offerings to the Lord: a year-old male lamb without defect(C) for a burnt offering, a year-old ewe lamb without defect for a sin offering,(D) a ram(E) without defect for a fellowship offering,(F) 15 together with their grain offerings(G) and drink offerings,(H) and a basket of bread made with the finest flour and without yeast—thick loaves with olive oil mixed in, and thin loaves brushed with olive oil.(I)

16 “‘The priest is to present all these(J) before the Lord(K) and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.(L) 17 He is to present the basket of unleavened bread and is to sacrifice the ram as a fellowship offering(M) to the Lord, together with its grain offering(N) and drink offering.(O)

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

19 “‘After the Nazirite has shaved off the hair that symbolizes their dedication, the priest is to place in their hands a boiled shoulder of the ram, and one thick loaf and one thin loaf from the basket, both made without yeast.(Q) 20 The priest shall then wave these before the Lord as a wave offering;(R) they are holy(S) and belong to the priest, together with the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.(T) After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.(U)

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