拿细耳人的条例

耶和华对摩西说: “你把以下条例告诉以色列人。

“无论男女,如果许愿做拿细耳人,把自己献给耶和华, 就要禁戒淡酒和烈酒、淡酒或烈酒做的醋、葡萄汁、葡萄和葡萄干。 在做拿细耳人期间,葡萄树所结的,包括葡萄核和葡萄皮,都不可吃。 在许愿做拿细耳人期间,不可用剃刀剃头,要任由头发生长,要保持圣洁,一直到献给耶和华的日期满了。 在献给耶和华期间,不可挨近死尸, 即使父母或是兄弟姊妹死了,也不可挨近,以免沾染不洁,因为他头上有将自己奉献给上帝的记号。 在做拿细耳人期间,他是奉献给耶和华的人。 如果有人在他身边暴毙,使他的头发沾染不洁,他要等到第七天洁净的日子剃掉头发。 10 第八天,他要带两只斑鸠或雏鸽到会幕门口交给祭司。 11 祭司要献一只作赎罪祭,另一只作燔祭,为他碰过死尸赎罪。他要在当日使头圣洁, 12 重新开始过奉献给耶和华的日子,还要带一只一岁的公羊羔作赎过祭。他以前做拿细耳人的日子无效,因为他沾染了不洁之物。

13 “献给耶和华的日子期满后,拿细耳人要遵行以下条例。他要被带到会幕门口, 14 在那里献给耶和华一只毫无残疾、一岁的公羊羔作燔祭,一只毫无残疾、一岁母羊羔作赎罪祭,一只毫无残疾的公绵羊作平安祭, 15 一篮调油的无酵细面饼和涂油的无酵薄饼,以及素祭和奠祭。 16 祭司要把这些祭物带到耶和华面前,为他献上赎罪祭和燔祭, 17 然后把公绵羊和无酵饼献给耶和华作平安祭,再献上素祭和奠祭。 18 拿细耳人要在会幕门口剃掉作为奉献记号的头发,把头发放在平安祭的火里烧掉。 19 拿细耳人剃头以后,祭司要取出一条煮好的公绵羊前腿,再从篮中拿出一块无酵饼和一块无酵薄饼,放在拿细耳人手中。 20 然后,祭司要把这些祭物作为摇祭在耶和华面前摇一摇。这些祭物与作摇祭的胸肉和作举祭的腿肉一样,都是归给祭司的圣物。此后,拿细耳人便可以喝酒。

21 “以上是许愿献供物给耶和华的拿细耳人当守的条例和当献的祭物。但如果他额外许愿献上力所能及之物,就必须还所许的愿。”

祭司的祝福

22 耶和华对摩西说: 23 “你告诉亚伦父子们要这样为以色列人祝福, 24 ‘愿耶和华赐福给你,保护你; 25 愿耶和华笑颜垂顾你,施恩给你; 26 愿耶和华恩待你,赐你平安。’ 27 他们要奉我的名为以色列人祝福,我必赐福给他们。”

拿細耳人的條例

耶和華對摩西說: “你要告訴以色列人,對他們說:‘無論男女,如果許了特別的願,就是拿細耳人的願,就要離俗歸耶和華。 他要戒除淡酒和濃酒;淡酒作的醋和濃酒作的醋,他都不可喝;不可喝任何葡萄汁,也不可吃鮮葡萄或乾葡萄。 在他離俗的日子,葡萄樹上出產的,無論是葡萄核或是葡萄皮,都不可吃。

“‘在他許願離俗的日子,不可用剃刀剃頭;他要聖潔,直到他離俗歸耶和華的日子滿了,他要由他的頭髮長長。

“‘在他離俗歸耶和華的日子,不可走近死人。 他的父母、兄弟或是姊妹,死了的時候,他不可因他們玷污自己,因為離俗歸他 神的記號,在他的頭上; 在他離俗的日子,他都是歸耶和華為聖的。

“‘如果在他身旁,突然有人死了,以致他離俗的頭被玷污了,他就要在得潔淨的日子剃頭,就是在第七日剃頭。 10 第八天,他要把兩隻斑鳩,或是兩隻雛鴿,帶到會幕門口交給祭司。 11 祭司要獻一隻作贖罪祭,一隻作燔祭,為他贖那因死人而玷污的罪;他要在當天使他的頭成為聖潔, 12 使他重新離俗歸耶和華的日子,又要帶一隻一歲的公羊羔來作贖愆祭;以前的日子無效,因為他的離俗被玷污了。

13 “‘拿細耳人的律例是這樣:離俗的人的日子滿了那天,人要把他帶到會幕的門口; 14 他要把供物獻給耶和華,就是獻一隻完全沒有殘疾、一歲的公羊羔作燔祭,一隻完全沒有殘疾、一歲的母羊羔作贖罪祭,一隻完全沒有殘疾的公綿羊作平安祭, 15 一籃無酵調油的細麵餅和抹油的無酵薄餅,以及同獻的素祭和奠祭。 16 祭司要在耶和華面前獻上這些供物,又要獻上他的贖罪祭和燔祭; 17 他又要把那隻公綿羊和那一籃無酵餅,獻給耶和華作平安祭;祭司也要把同獻的素祭和奠祭獻上。 18 拿細耳人要在會幕門口剃他離俗的頭,把他離俗的頭髮拿去,放在平安祭下的火上。 19 拿細耳人剃去了自己離俗的頭髮以後,祭司就要取那煮過的公綿羊的一條前腿,又要從籃子裡取一個無酵餅和一個無酵薄餅,都放在拿細耳人的手上。 20 祭司要把這些作為搖祭,在耶和華面前搖一搖;這些和作搖祭獻上的胸和作舉祭的腿,同為聖物歸給祭司;然後拿細耳人才可以喝酒。

21 “‘許願的拿細耳人的律例是這樣:他獻給耶和華的供物是照著他離俗的願,不是根據他手上所得的;他怎樣許願,就當怎樣照著離俗的律例而行。’”

祭司祝福的話

22 耶和華對摩西說: 23 “你要告訴亞倫和他的兒子說:‘你們要這樣為以色列人祝福,對他們說:

24 願耶和華賜福你,

保護你;

25 願耶和華使他的臉光照你,

賜恩給你;

26 願耶和華敞臉垂顧你,

賜你平安。’

27 他們要這樣奉我的名為以色列人祝福,我也要賜福他們。”

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord:

He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.

And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

14 And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,

15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.

16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:

17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.

18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:

20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:

25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.

The Law of the Nazirite

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When either a man or woman [a]consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, (A)to separate himself to the Lord, (B)he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. All the days of his [b]separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.

‘All the days of the vow of his separation no (C)razor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (D)he shall not go near a dead body. (E)He shall not [c]make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head. (F)All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.

‘And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall (G)shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it. 10 Then (H)on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting; 11 and the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned in regard to the corpse; and he shall sanctify his head that same day. 12 He shall consecrate to the Lord the days of his separation, and bring a male lamb in its first year (I)as a trespass offering; but the former days shall be [d]lost, because his separation was defiled.

13 ‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: (J)When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 14 And he shall present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb in its first year without blemish as a burnt offering, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish (K)as a sin offering, one ram without blemish (L)as a peace offering, 15 a basket of unleavened bread, (M)cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened wafers (N)anointed with oil, and their grain offering with their (O)drink offerings.

16 ‘Then the priest shall bring them before the Lord and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering; 17 and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall also offer its grain offering and its drink offering. 18 (P)Then the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle 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 (Q)boiled shoulder of the ram, one (R)unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and (S)put them upon the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair, 20 and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord; (T)they are holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.’

21 “This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the Lord the offering for his separation, and besides that, whatever else his hand is able to provide; according to the vow which he takes, so he must do according to the law of his separation.”

The Priestly Blessing

22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them:

24 “The Lord (U)bless you and (V)keep you;
25 The Lord (W)make His face shine upon you,
And (X)be gracious to you;
26 (Y)The Lord [e]lift up His countenance upon you,
And (Z)give you peace.” ’

27 (AA)“So they shall [f]put My name on the children of Israel, and (AB)I will bless them.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:2 Or makes a difficult vow
  2. Numbers 6:4 Separation as a Nazirite
  3. Numbers 6:7 By touching a dead body
  4. Numbers 6:12 void
  5. Numbers 6:26 Look upon you with favor
  6. Numbers 6:27 invoke