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The Nazirite Vow

The Lord instructed Moses: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When a man or woman makes a special vow, a Nazirite vow,(A) to consecrate himself to[a] the Lord, he is to abstain[b] 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. He is not to eat anything produced by the grapevine, from seeds to skin,[c] during his vow.

“You must not cut his hair[d] throughout the time of his vow of consecration. He must 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. He must not go near a dead body during the time he consecrates himself to the Lord.(C) He is not to defile himself for his father or mother, or his brother or sister, when they die, because the hair consecrated to his God is on his head. He is holy to the Lord(D) during the time of consecration.

“If someone suddenly dies near him, defiling his consecrated head of hair, 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 sinned because of the corpse. On that day he must consecrate[e] 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 restitution offering.(I) But do not count the previous period, because his consecrated hair became defiled.

13 “This is the law of the Nazirite: On the day his time of consecration is completed, he must 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 will 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 wave 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 “This is the ritual of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the Lord for his consecration,(R) in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes in keeping with the ritual for his consecration.”

The Priestly Blessing

22 The Lord spoke to Moses: 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

24 May Yahweh bless you and protect you;(S)
25 may Yahweh make His face shine on you
and be gracious to you;(T)
26 may Yahweh look with favor on you[f]
and give you peace.[g](U)

27 In this way they will pronounce My name over[h] the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:2 Or vow, to live as a Nazirite for
  2. Numbers 6:3 In Hb, the words Nazirite, consecrate, and abstain are related and involve the idea of separation.
  3. Numbers 6:4 Or from unripe grapes to hulls
  4. Numbers 6:5 Lit A razor is not to pass over his head
  5. Numbers 6:11 Lit set apart
  6. Numbers 6:26 Lit Lord lift His face to you
  7. Numbers 6:26 Or prosperity
  8. Numbers 6:27 Or put My name on

The Law of the Nazirite

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When either a man or woman [a]consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, (A)to separate himself to the Lord, (B)he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. All the days of his [b]separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.

‘All the days of the vow of his separation no (C)razor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (D)he shall not go near a dead body. (E)He shall not [c]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. (F)All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.

‘And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall (G)shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it. 10 Then (H)on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting; 11 and the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned in regard to the corpse; and he shall sanctify his head that same day. 12 He shall consecrate to the Lord the days of his separation, and bring a male lamb in its first year (I)as a trespass offering; but the former days shall be [d]lost, because his separation was defiled.

13 ‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: (J)When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 14 And he shall present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb in its first year without blemish as a burnt offering, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish (K)as a sin offering, one ram without blemish (L)as a peace offering, 15 a basket of unleavened bread, (M)cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened wafers (N)anointed with oil, and their grain offering with their (O)drink offerings.

16 ‘Then the priest shall bring them before the Lord and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering; 17 and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall also offer its grain offering and its drink offering. 18 (P)Then the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.

19 ‘And the priest shall take the (Q)boiled shoulder of the ram, one (R)unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and (S)put them upon the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair, 20 and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord; (T)they are holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.’

21 “This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the Lord the offering for his separation, and besides that, whatever else his hand is able to provide; according to the vow which he takes, so he must do according to the law of his separation.”

The Priestly Blessing

22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them:

24 “The Lord (U)bless you and (V)keep you;
25 The Lord (W)make His face shine upon you,
And (X)be gracious to you;
26 (Y)The Lord [e]lift up His countenance upon you,
And (Z)give you peace.” ’

27 (AA)“So they shall [f]put My name on the children of Israel, and (AB)I will bless them.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:2 Or makes a difficult vow
  2. Numbers 6:4 Separation as a Nazirite
  3. Numbers 6:7 By touching a dead body
  4. Numbers 6:12 void
  5. Numbers 6:26 Look upon you with favor
  6. Numbers 6:27 invoke

The Nazirite Vow

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of (A)a Nazirite,[a] (B)to separate himself to the Lord, he (C)shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried. All the days of his separation[b] he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.

“All the days of his vow of separation, no (D)razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. (E)He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

“All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (F)he shall not go near a dead body. (G)Not even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head. All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.

“And if any man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then (H)he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it. 10 (I)On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest to the entrance of the tent of meeting, 11 and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall consecrate his head that same day 12 and separate himself to the Lord for the days of his separation and bring a male lamb a year old (J)for a guilt offering. But the previous period shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

13 “And this is the law for the Nazirite, (K)when the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting, 14 and he shall bring his gift to the Lord, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish (L)as a sin offering, and one ram without blemish (M)as a peace offering, 15 and a basket of unleavened bread, (N)loaves of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and their (O)grain offering and their (P)drink offerings. 16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord and offer (Q)his sin offering and his burnt offering, 17 and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its grain offering and its drink offering. 18 And the Nazirite (R)shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering. 19 And the priest shall take the (S)shoulder of the ram, when it is boiled, and one unleavened loaf out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and (T)shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the hair of his consecration, 20 and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. (U)They are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed. And after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

21 “This is the law of the Nazirite. But if he vows an offering to the Lord above his Nazirite vow, as he can afford, in exact accordance with the vow that he takes, then he shall do in addition to the law of the Nazirite.”

Aaron's Blessing

22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus (V)you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,

24 The Lord (W)bless you and (X)keep you;
25 the Lord (Y)make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord (Z)lift up his countenance[c] upon you and give you peace.

27 (AA)“So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:2 Nazirite means one separated, or one consecrated
  2. Numbers 6:4 Or Naziriteship
  3. Numbers 6:26 Or face

Bestimmungen für Menschen, die sich Gott weihen

Der Herr sprach zu Mose: »Sag den Israeliten: Wenn ein Mensch, gleich ob Mann oder Frau, ein Gelübde abgelegt hat, sich eine Zeit lang ganz mir, dem Herrn, zu weihen, dann soll er weder Wein noch sonst ein berauschendes Getränk noch Essig zu sich nehmen. Er darf auch keinen Traubensaft trinken und weder frische noch getrocknete Trauben essen. Solange sein Versprechen gilt, soll er nichts verzehren, was aus Trauben zubereitet wird, auch nicht die Kerne oder die Haut der Trauben. Während der ganzen Zeit, in der er sich mir geweiht hat, dient er allein mir. Als Zeichen dafür soll er sein Haar in dieser Zeit nicht schneiden, sondern frei wachsen lassen. Er darf auch nicht in die Nähe eines Toten kommen, solange er mir geweiht ist. Selbst wenn sein Vater, seine Mutter, sein Bruder oder seine Schwester stirbt, darf er sich nicht dadurch verunreinigen, dass er in ihre Nähe kommt. Denn er dient mir, seinem Gott, und soll rein bleiben, solange sein Versprechen gilt.

Wenn jemand plötzlich stirbt, während er in der Nähe ist, wird er unrein und entweiht sein Haar, das er als Zeichen seiner Weihe wachsen ließ. Sieben Tage später soll er sich reinigen und die Haare abschneiden lassen. 10 Am achten Tag muss er mit zwei Turteltauben oder zwei anderen jungen Tauben zum Eingang des heiligen Zeltes gehen und sie dem Priester geben. 11 Dieser bringt die eine Taube als Sündopfer und die andere als Brandopfer dar. So erwirkt der Priester Sühne für den, der durch die Nähe eines Toten unrein geworden ist; noch am selben Tag soll der Priester ihn erneut weihen. 12 Dann soll der Geweihte ein einjähriges Lamm zur Vergebung seiner Schuld opfern. Die Zeit, die er mir versprochen hat, muss nun noch einmal von vorn beginnen. Die Tage vorher zählen nicht, weil er sich durch die Verunreinigung entweiht hat.«

Die Opfer am Ende der Weihe

13 »Weiter gilt für den Menschen, der sich mir, dem Herrn, geweiht hat:

Wenn die Zeit um ist, in der er ganz für mich da war, soll man ihn zum Eingang des heiligen Zeltes führen. 14 Er soll mir drei gesunde, fehlerlose Tiere opfern: zwei einjährige Lämmer – ein männliches für das Brandopfer und ein weibliches für das Sündopfer – und einen Schafbock für das Friedensopfer; 15 außerdem die dazugehörigen Speise- und Trankopfer sowie einen Korb voll Kuchen und Fladenbrote, die aus feinem Weizenmehl ohne Sauerteig gebacken sind. Die Kuchen sollen aus mit Öl vermengtem Mehl zubereitet und die Fladenbrote mit Öl bestrichen sein.

16 Der Priester trägt alle Gaben zum Altar, um sie mir darzubringen: Zuerst das Sündopfer und das Brandopfer, 17 dann folgen der Schafbock als Friedensopfer, der Korb mit den ungesäuerten Broten und Kuchen sowie die übrigen Speise- und Trankopfer. 18 Während der Opferung soll der Gottgeweihte am Eingang des heiligen Zeltes sein langes Haar abschneiden lassen und ins Feuer unter dem Friedensopfer werfen.

19 Wenn dies geschehen ist, holt der Priester eine gekochte Schulter des Schafbocks, einen Kuchen und ein Fladenbrot aus dem Korb und legt alles in die Hände des Geweihten. 20 Dann nimmt er es wieder zurück, hält es in Richtung des Altars hoch und schwingt es hin und her, um zu zeigen, dass es mir, dem Herrn, gehören soll. Dieses heilige Schwingopfer behält der Priester. Er bekommt außerdem als seinen Anteil die Brust und einen Schenkel des Friedensopfers, die er ebenfalls hin- und herschwingt. Wenn die Opfer dargebracht sind, darf der Geweihte wieder Wein trinken.

21 Diese Bestimmungen gelten für jeden, der mir, dem Herrn, in besonderer Weise dienen will. Er muss alle Opfer darbringen, die dieses Gesetz vorschreibt. Er kann auch noch mehr geben. Auf jeden Fall aber soll er das einhalten, was er versprochen hat und was dieses Gesetz verlangt.«

Der priesterliche Segen

22 Der Herr sprach zu Mose: 23 »Sag Aaron und seinen Söhnen, sie sollen die Israeliten mit diesen Worten segnen:

24 ›Der Herr segne dich und behüte dich!
25 Der Herr blicke dich freundlich an und sei dir gnädig!
26 Der Herr wende sich dir in Liebe zu und gebe dir Frieden!‹

27 So sollen sie in meinem Namen zu den Israeliten sprechen, und ich selbst werde mein Volk dann segnen.«

The Nazirite

The Lord said to Moses, “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) they must abstain from wine(D) and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar(E) made from wine or other fermented drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes(F) or raisins. As long as they remain under their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.

“‘During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor(G) may be used on their head.(H) 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.(I) Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean(J) 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,(K) they must shave their head on the seventh day—the day of their cleansing.(L) 10 Then on the eighth day(M) they must bring two doves or two young pigeons(N) to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(O) 11 The priest is to offer one as a sin offering[a](P) and the other as a burnt offering(Q) to make atonement(R) for the Nazirite because they sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same day they are to consecrate their head again. 12 They must rededicate themselves to the Lord for the same period of dedication and must bring a year-old male lamb(S) as a guilt offering.(T) The previous days do not count, because they became defiled during their period of dedication.

13 “‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the period of their dedication is over.(U) They are to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.(V) 14 There they are to present their offerings to the Lord: a year-old male lamb without defect(W) for a burnt offering, a year-old ewe lamb without defect for a sin offering,(X) a ram(Y) without defect for a fellowship offering,(Z) 15 together with their grain offerings(AA) and drink offerings,(AB) and a basket of bread made with the finest flour and without yeast—thick loaves with olive oil mixed in, and thin loaves brushed with olive oil.(AC)

16 “‘The priest is to present all these(AD) before the Lord(AE) and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.(AF) 17 He is to present the basket of unleavened bread and is to sacrifice the ram as a fellowship offering(AG) to the Lord, together with its grain offering(AH) and drink offering.(AI)

18 “‘Then at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the Nazirite must shave off the hair that symbolizes their dedication.(AJ) They are to take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering.

19 “‘After the Nazirite has shaved off the hair that symbolizes their dedication, the priest is to place in their hands a boiled shoulder of the ram, and one thick loaf and one thin loaf from the basket, both made without yeast.(AK) 20 The priest shall then wave these before the Lord as a wave offering;(AL) they are holy(AM) and belong to the priest, together with the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.(AN) After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.(AO)

21 “‘This is the law of the Nazirite(AP) who vows offerings to the Lord in accordance with their dedication, in addition to whatever else they can afford. They must fulfill the vows(AQ) they have made, according to the law of the Nazirite.’”

The Priestly Blessing

22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless(AR) the Israelites. Say to them:

24 “‘“The Lord bless you(AS)
    and keep you;(AT)
25 the Lord make his face shine on you(AU)
    and be gracious to you;(AV)
26 the Lord turn his face(AW) toward you
    and give you peace.(AX)”’

27 “So they will put my name(AY) on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:11 Or purification offering; also in verses 14 and 16