[1] And the LORD said to Moses, [2] "Say to the people of Israel, When
either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to
separate himself to the LORD, [3] he shall separate himself from wine and
strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and
shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried. [4] All
the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the
grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins. [5] "All the days of his vow of
separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the time is completed
for which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy; he shall let
the locks of hair of his head grow long. [6] "All the days that he
separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body. [7] Neither
for his father nor for his mother, nor for brother or sister, if they die,
shall he make himself unclean; because his separation to God is upon his
head. [8] All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD. [9] "And
if any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated
head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the
seventh day he shall shave it. [10] On the eighth day he shall bring two
turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest to the door of the tent of
meeting, [11] and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the
other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned
by reason of the dead body. And he shall consecrate his head that same day,
[12] and separate himself to the LORD for the days of his separation, and
bring a male lamb a year old for a guilt offering; but the former time
shall be void, because his separation was defiled. [13] "And this is the
law for the Nazirite, when the time of his separation has been completed:
he shall be brought to the door of the tent of meeting, [14] and he shall
offer his gift to the LORD, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a
burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish as a sin
offering, and one ram without blemish as a peace offering, [15] and a
basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and
unleavened wafers spread with oil, and their cereal offering and their
drink offerings. [16] And the priest shall present them before the LORD and
offer his sin offering and his burnt offering, [17] and he shall offer the
ram as a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD, with the basket of
unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also its cereal offering and its
drink offering. [18] And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at
the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair from his
consecrated head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the
peace offering. [19] And the priest shall take the shoulder of the ram,
when it is boiled, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one
unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after
he has shaven the hair of his consecration, [20] and the priest shall wave
them for a wave offering before the LORD; they are a holy portion for the
priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is
offered; and after that the Nazirite may drink wine. [21] "This is the law
for the Nazirite who takes a vow. His offering to the LORD shall be
according to his vow as a Nazirite, apart from what else he can afford; in
accordance with the vow which he takes, so shall he do according to the law
for his separation as a Nazirite." [22] The LORD said to Moses, [23] "Say
to Aaron and his sons, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall
say to them, [24] The LORD bless you and keep you: [25] The LORD make his
face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you: [26] The LORD lift up his
countenance upon you, and give you peace. [27] "So shall they put my name
upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them."
