Numbers 6:6-8
New Century Version
6 During their special time of belonging to the Lord, Nazirites must not go near a dead body. 7 Even if their own father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not touch them, or they will become unclean. They must still keep their promise to belong to God in a special way. 8 While they are Nazirites, they belong to the Lord in a special way.
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Numbers 6:6-8
New King James Version
6 All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (A)he shall not go near a dead body. 7 (B)He shall not [a]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. 8 (C)All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.
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- Numbers 6:7 By touching a dead body
Numbers 6:6-8
King James Version
6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.
7 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.
8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.
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