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12 He must rededicate[a] to the Lord the days of his separation and bring a male lamb in its first year as a reparation offering,[b] but the former days will not be counted[c] because his separation[d] was defiled.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:12 tn The same idea is to be found now in the use of the word נָזַר (nazar), which refers to a recommitment after the vow was interrupted.
  2. Numbers 6:12 tn The necessity of bringing the reparation offering was due to the reinstatement into the vow that had been interrupted.
  3. Numbers 6:12 tn Heb “will fall”; KJV “shall be lost”; ASV, NASB, NRSV “shall be void.”
  4. Numbers 6:12 tc The similar expression in v. 9 includes the word “head” (i.e., “his consecrated head”). The LXX includes this word in v. 12 as well.

12 They must set themselves apart to the Lord again. They must do it for the same period of time they had agreed to at first. And they must bring a male lamb a year old as a guilt offering. The days before that do not count. That is because they became “unclean” during the time they were set apart.

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