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.

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“‘Throughout the period of their dedication to the Lord, the Nazirite must not go near a dead body.(A) Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean(B) on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head.

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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.

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11 The priest is to offer one as a sin offering[a](A) and the other as a burnt offering(B) to make atonement(C) for the Nazirite because they sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same day they are to consecrate their head again.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:11 Or purification offering; also in verses 14 and 16