“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to make a special vow(A), a vow of dedication(B) to the Lord as a Nazirite,(C)

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You will become pregnant and have a son(A) whose head is never to be touched by a razor(B) because the boy is to be a Nazirite,(C) dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead(D) in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

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11 “I also raised up prophets(A) from among your children
    and Nazirites(B) from among your youths.
Is this not true, people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine
    and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.(C)

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Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle(A) and set apart(B) for the gospel of God(C)

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27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices(A) day after day, first for his own sins,(B) and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all(C) when he offered himself.(D)

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15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb(A) and called me(B) by his grace, was pleased

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16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(A) For we are the temple(B) of the living God.(C) As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27

23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow.(A) 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites(B) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.(C) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.

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15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink,(A) and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit(B) even before he is born.(C)

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18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
    and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

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28 So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life(A) he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

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17 So he told her everything.(A) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(B) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”

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“‘During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor(A) may be used on their head.(B) They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the Lord is over; they must let their hair grow long.

“‘Throughout the period of their dedication to the Lord, the Nazirite must not go near a dead body.(C)

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“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow(A) to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value,

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26 You are to be holy to me(A) because I, the Lord, am holy,(B) and I have set you apart from the nations(C) to be my own.

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16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us?(A) What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”(B)

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