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

A lei do nazireado

E falou o Senhor a Moisés, dizendo: Fala aos filhos de Israel e dize-lhes: Quando um homem ou mulher se tiver separado, fazendo voto de nazireu, para se separar para o Senhor, de vinho e de bebida forte se apartará; vinagre de vinho ou vinagre de bebida forte não beberá; nem beberá alguma beberagem de uvas; nem uvas frescas nem secas comerá. Todos os dias do seu nazireado, não comerá de coisa alguma que se faz da vinha, desde os caroços até às cascas. Todos os dias do voto do seu nazireado sobre a sua cabeça não passará navalha; até que se cumpram os dias, que se separou para o Senhor, santo será, deixando crescer as guedelhas do cabelo da sua cabeça.

Todos os dias que se separar para o Senhor, não se chegará a corpo de um morto. Por seu pai, ou por sua mãe, ou por seu irmão, ou por sua irmã, por eles se não contaminará, quando forem mortos; porquanto o nazireado do seu Deus está sobre a sua cabeça. Todos os dias do seu nazireado, santo será ao Senhor.

E se alguém vier a morrer junto a ele por acaso, subitamente, e contaminar a cabeça do seu nazireado, então, no dia da sua purificação, rapará a sua cabeça, e, ao sétimo dia, a rapará. 10 E, ao oitavo dia, trará duas rolas ou dois pombinhos, ao sacerdote, à porta da tenda da congregação; 11 e o sacerdote oferecerá um para expiação do pecado e o outro para holocausto; e fará propiciação por esse que pecou no corpo morto; assim, naquele mesmo dia, santificará a sua cabeça. 12 Então, separará os dias do seu nazireado ao Senhor e, para expiação da culpa, trará um cordeiro de um ano; e os dias antecedentes serão perdidos, porquanto o seu nazireado foi contaminado. 13 E esta é a lei do nazireu; no dia em que se cumprirem os dias do seu nazireado, trá-lo-ão à porta da tenda da congregação; 14 e ele oferecerá a sua oferta ao Senhor, um cordeiro sem mancha, de um ano, em holocausto, e uma cordeira sem mancha, de um ano, para expiação da culpa, e um carneiro sem mancha por oferta pacífica; 15 e um cesto de bolos asmos, bolos de flor de farinha com azeite, amassados, e coscorões asmos untados com azeite, como também a sua oferta de manjares e as suas libações. 16 E o sacerdote os trará perante o Senhor e sacrificará a sua expiação do pecado e o seu holocausto; 17 também sacrificará o carneiro em sacrifício pacífico ao Senhor, com o cesto dos bolos asmos; e o sacerdote oferecerá a sua oferta de manjares e a sua libação. 18 Então, o nazireu, à porta da tenda da congregação, rapará a cabeça do seu nazireado, e tomará o cabelo da cabeça do seu nazireado, e o porá sobre o fogo que está debaixo do sacrifício pacífico. 19 Depois, o sacerdote tomará a espádua cozida do carneiro, e um bolo asmo do cesto, e um coscorão asmo e os porá nas mãos do nazireu, depois de haver este rapado a cabeça do seu nazireado. 20 E o sacerdote os moverá, em oferta de movimento, perante o Senhor; isto é santo para o sacerdote, juntamente com o peito da oferta de movimento e com a espádua da oferta alçada; e, depois, o nazireu pode beber vinho.

21 Esta é a lei do nazireu que fizer voto da sua oferta ao Senhor pelo seu nazireado, além do que alcançar a sua mão; segundo o seu voto, que fizer, assim fará conforme a lei do seu nazireado.

O modo de abençoar os filhos de Israel

22 E falou o Senhor a Moisés, dizendo: 23 Fala a Arão e a seus filhos, dizendo: Assim abençoareis os filhos de Israel, dizendo-lhes: 24 O Senhor te abençoe e te guarde; 25 o Senhor faça resplandecer o seu rosto sobre ti e tenha misericórdia de ti; 26 o Senhor sobre ti levante o seu rosto e te dê a paz. 27 Assim, porão o meu nome sobre os filhos de Israel, e eu os abençoarei.

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.