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They shall not make themselves unclean for their father or for their mother, for their brother or for their sister, when they die because the consecration of their God is upon their head.

All the days of their Nazariteship they are holy unto the LORD.

And if anyone dies very suddenly beside them, and they have defiled the head of their Nazariteship, then they shall shave their head in the day of their cleansing; on the seventh day shall they shave it.

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Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean(A) on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head. Throughout the period of their dedication, they are consecrated to the Lord.

“‘If someone dies suddenly in the Nazirite’s presence, thus defiling the hair that symbolizes their dedication,(B) they must shave their head on the seventh day—the day of their cleansing.(C)

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