Numbers 6
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Nazirite Vow
6 The Lord instructed Moses, 2 ‘Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When a man or woman makes a special vow, a Nazirite vow,(A) to consecrate himself to the Lord, 3 he is to abstain from wine and beer.(B) He must not drink vinegar made from wine or from beer. He must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins. 4 He is not to eat anything produced by the grapevine, from seeds to skin, during the period of his consecration.
5 ‘You must not cut his hair[a] throughout the time of his vow of consecration. He may be holy until the time is completed during which he consecrates himself to the Lord; he is to let the hair of his head grow long. 6 He must not go near a dead body during the time he consecrates himself to the Lord.(C) 7 He is not to defile himself for his father or mother, or his brother or sister, when they die, while the mark of consecration to his God is on his head. 8 He is holy to the Lord(D) during the time of consecration.
9 ‘If someone suddenly dies near him, defiling his consecrated head, he must shave his head on the day of his purification; he is to shave it on the seventh day.(E) 10 On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(F) 11 The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering(G) to make atonement on behalf of the Nazirite, since he incurred guilt because of the corpse. On that day he is to consecrate his head again.(H) 12 He is to rededicate his time of consecration to the Lord and to bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering.(I) But do not count the initial period of consecration because it became defiled.
13 ‘This is the law of the Nazirite: on the day his time of consecration is completed, he is to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.(J) 14 He is to present an offering to the Lord(K) of one unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, one unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, one unblemished ram as a fellowship offering,(L) 15 along with their grain offerings and drink offerings,(M) and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers coated with oil.(N)
16 ‘The priest is to present these before the Lord and sacrifice the Nazirite’s sin offering and burnt offering. 17 He will also offer the ram as a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord, together with the basket of unleavened bread. Then the priest 11will offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
18 ‘The Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head at the entrance to the tent of meeting, take the hair from his head, and put it on the fire under the fellowship sacrifice. 19 The priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands(O) of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated head. 20 The priest is to present them as a presentation offering before the Lord.(P) It is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution.(Q) After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
21 ‘These are the instructions about the Nazirite who vows his offering to the Lord for his consecration,(R) in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfil whatever vow he makes in keeping with the instructions for his consecration.’
The Priestly Blessing
22 The Lord spoke to Moses: 23 ‘Tell Aaron and his sons, “This is how you are to bless the Israelites. You should say to them,
24 ‘May the Lord bless you and protect you;(S)
25 may the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;(T)
26 may the Lord look with favour on you[b]
and give you peace.’ ”(U)
27 In this way they will pronounce my name over[c] the Israelites, and I will bless them.’
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Nasirlöften
6 Herren talade till Mose. Han sade: 2 ”Tala till Israels barn och säg till dem: Om en man eller en kvinna avlägger ett löfte, ett nasirlöfte[a] att avskilja sig för Herren, 3 (A) ska han avhålla sig från vin och starka drycker. Han får inte dricka någon syrad dryck av vin eller någon annan syrad stark dryck. Han får inte dricka druvsaft och inte heller äta druvor, vare sig färska eller torkade. 4 Så länge hans nasirtid varar ska han inte äta något som kommer från vinstocken, inte ens dess kart eller späda skott. 5 (B) Så länge hans nasirlöfte varar ska ingen rakkniv komma på hans huvud. Fram till slutet av de dagar som han är avskild för Herren ska han vara helig och låta håret växa fritt på sitt huvud.
6 Så länge han är avskild för Herren får han inte komma nära en död kropp. 7 Inte ens genom sin far eller mor, sin bror eller syster får han orena sig om de skulle dö, för han bär på sitt huvud tecknet på att han är sin Guds nasir. 8 Så länge hans nasirtid varar är han helgad åt Herren.
9 (C) Men om någon helt plötsligt dör i hans närhet och därigenom orenar hans huvud där han bär nasirtecknet, ska han raka sitt huvud den dag han blir ren. På sjunde dagen ska han raka det.
10 På åttonde dagen ska han bära fram två turturduvor eller två unga duvor till prästen vid uppenbarelsetältets ingång. 11 Och prästen ska offra en till syndoffer och en till brännoffer och bringa försoning för honom, på grund av den synd han dragit på sig genom den döda kroppen. Sedan ska han samma dag helga sitt huvud. 12 Han ska inviga sig till nasir åt Herren samma antal dagar som han förut avskilt sig och han ska föra fram ett årsgammalt lamm till skuldoffer. Den förra löftestiden faller bort, eftersom hans nasirat blev orenat.
13 Detta är lagen om en nasir: Den dag hans nasirtid är slut ska han föras fram till uppenbarelsetältets ingång, 14 och han ska som sitt offer åt Herren bära fram ett årsgammalt felfritt lamm av hankön till brännoffer, ett årsgammalt felfritt lamm av honkön till syndoffer och en felfri bagge till gemenskapsoffer, 15 dessutom en korg med osyrat bröd, kakor av fint mjöl blandade med olja, osyrade tunnkakor smorda med olja samt det matoffer och dryckesoffer som hör till. 16 Prästen ska bära fram det inför Herrens ansikte och offra hans syndoffer och brännoffer. 17 Baggen ska han offra som gemenskapsoffer åt Herren tillsammans med korgen med de osyrade bröden. Prästen ska också offra det matoffer och dryckesoffer som hör till.
18 (D) Och vid ingången till uppenbarelsetältet ska nasiren raka sitt huvud på vilket han bär nasirtecknet. Han ska ta sitt huvudhår, sitt nasirtecken, och lägga det på elden som brinner under gemenskapsoffret. 19 När nasiren har rakat av sig nasirtecknet, ska prästen ta den kokta bogen av baggen och dessutom en osyrad kaka och en osyrad tunnkaka ur korgen och lägga det på nasirens händer. 20 (E) Och prästen ska lyfta det som ett lyftoffer inför Herrens ansikte. Det ska vara helgat åt prästen tillsammans med lyftofferbringan och offergärdslåret. Sedan får nasiren dricka vin igen.
21 Detta är lagen om den som har avlagt ett nasirlöfte, och vad han enligt nasirlöftet ska offra åt Herren, förutom vad han i övrigt kan skaffa. Han måste uppfylla det löfte han har avlagt enligt lagen om hans nasirat.”
Den prästerliga välsignelsen
22 Herren talade till Mose. Han sade: 23 ”Säg till Aron och hans söner: När ni välsignar[b] Israels barn ska ni säga till dem:
24 (F) Herren välsigne dig
och bevare dig.
25 Herren låte sitt ansikte lysa över dig
och vare dig nådig.
26 Herren vände sitt ansikte till dig
och give dig frid.
27 Så ska de lägga mitt namn på Israels barn, och jag ska då välsigna dem.”
Footnotes
- 6:2 nasirlöfte Bland Bibelns profeter levde Samuel (1 Sam 1:11), Simson (Dom 13:5) och Johannes Döparen (Luk 1:15) efter livslånga nasirlöften, och under Nya testamentets tid avlade både Paulus (Apg 18:18) och andra judekristna (Apg 21:23) tidsbegränsade nasirlöften. Det innebar att följa liknande helighetsregler som gällde för präster i tjänst (3 Mos 10:9, 21:1f).
- 6:23 När ni välsignar Tempelprästerna välsignade med lyfta händer (3 Mos 9:22, liksom Jesus i Luk 24:50) och uttalade då Guds namn Jhvh utan omskrivningar. En välsignelse uttalades t ex vid avsked (Jos 14:13, 22:6f, 2 Sam 6:18). Välsignelsens ord har hittats på en silveramulett i en grav i Hinnomsdalen sydväst om Jerusalem från ca 600 f Kr. Det är det äldsta fragmentet av bibeltext som överlevt till i dag.
Numbers 6
King James Version
6 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord:
3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
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.
9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
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.
12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
14 And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.
16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.
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