Numbers 6
New American Standard Bible
Law of the Nazirites
6 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes [a]a special vow, namely, the vow of (A)a [b]Nazirite, to live as a Nazirite for the Lord, 3 he shall (B)abstain from wine and [c]strong drink; he shall [d]consume no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes. 4 All the days of his consecration he shall not eat anything that is produced from the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.
5 ‘All the days of his vow of consecration (C)no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled which he lives as a Nazirite for the Lord; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.
6 ‘(D)All the days of his life as a Nazirite for the Lord he shall not come up to a dead person. 7 He (E)shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his consecration to God is [e]on his head. 8 All the days of his consecration he is holy to the Lord.
9 ‘But if someone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head of hair, then (F)he shall shave his head on the day when he becomes clean; (G)he shall shave it on the seventh day. 10 Then on the eighth day he shall bring (H)two turtledoves or two young doves to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 11 And the priest shall offer (I)one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him [f]regarding his sin because of the dead person. And on that same day he shall consecrate his head, 12 and shall live his days of consecration as a Nazirite for the Lord, and shall bring a male lamb a year old as a guilt offering; but the preceding days will [g]not count, because his consecration was defiled.
13 ‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite (J)when the days of his consecration are fulfilled: he shall bring [h]his offering to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 14 And he shall present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb a year old without defect as a burnt offering, one (K)ewe lamb a year old without defect as a sin offering, one ram without defect as a peace offering, 15 and a basket of (L)unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with (M)their grain offering and their drink offering. 16 Then the priest shall present them before the Lord and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering. 17 He shall also offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, together with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall also offer its grain offering and its drink offering. 18 (N)The Nazirite shall then shave his consecrated head of hair at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and take the consecrated hair of his head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. 19 (O)And the priest shall take the ram’s shoulder when it has been boiled, and one unleavened loaf from the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the [i]hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair. 20 Then the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. It is holy for the priest, together with the breast offered as a wave offering, and the thigh offered as [j]a contribution; and (P)afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.’
21 “This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the Lord according to his consecration, in addition to what else [k]he can afford; corresponding to his vow which he makes, so he shall do according to the law of his consecration.”
Aaron’s Benediction
22 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘In this way (Q)you shall bless the sons of Israel. You are to say to them:
27 So they shall [m](X)invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and then I will bless them.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 6:2 Or an extraordinary
- Numbers 6:2 I.e., one consecrated to God
- Numbers 6:3 I.e., other alcoholic drink
- Numbers 6:3 Lit drink
- Numbers 6:7 I.e., referring either to the visibility of the long hair, or to the consequences of violating the vow
- Numbers 6:11 Lit because of that which he sinned
- Numbers 6:12 Lit fall
- Numbers 6:13 Lit it
- Numbers 6:19 Lit palms
- Numbers 6:20 Or an uplifted offering
- Numbers 6:21 Lit his hand reaches
- Numbers 6:24 Or watch over; or take care of
- Numbers 6:27 Lit put
Números 6
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 2009
A lei do nazireado
6 E falou o Senhor a Moisés, dizendo: 2 Fala aos filhos de Israel e dize-lhes: Quando um homem ou mulher se tiver separado, fazendo voto de nazireu, para se separar para o Senhor, 3 de vinho e de bebida forte se apartará; vinagre de vinho ou vinagre de bebida forte não beberá; nem beberá alguma beberagem de uvas; nem uvas frescas nem secas comerá. 4 Todos os dias do seu nazireado, não comerá de coisa alguma que se faz da vinha, desde os caroços até às cascas. 5 Todos os dias do voto do seu nazireado sobre a sua cabeça não passará navalha; até que se cumpram os dias, que se separou para o Senhor, santo será, deixando crescer as guedelhas do cabelo da sua cabeça.
6 Todos os dias que se separar para o Senhor, não se chegará a corpo de um morto. 7 Por seu pai, ou por sua mãe, ou por seu irmão, ou por sua irmã, por eles se não contaminará, quando forem mortos; porquanto o nazireado do seu Deus está sobre a sua cabeça. 8 Todos os dias do seu nazireado, santo será ao Senhor.
9 E se alguém vier a morrer junto a ele por acaso, subitamente, e contaminar a cabeça do seu nazireado, então, no dia da sua purificação, rapará a sua cabeça, e, ao sétimo dia, a rapará. 10 E, ao oitavo dia, trará duas rolas ou dois pombinhos, ao sacerdote, à porta da tenda da congregação; 11 e o sacerdote oferecerá um para expiação do pecado e o outro para holocausto; e fará propiciação por esse que pecou no corpo morto; assim, naquele mesmo dia, santificará a sua cabeça. 12 Então, separará os dias do seu nazireado ao Senhor e, para expiação da culpa, trará um cordeiro de um ano; e os dias antecedentes serão perdidos, porquanto o seu nazireado foi contaminado. 13 E esta é a lei do nazireu; no dia em que se cumprirem os dias do seu nazireado, trá-lo-ão à porta da tenda da congregação; 14 e ele oferecerá a sua oferta ao Senhor, um cordeiro sem mancha, de um ano, em holocausto, e uma cordeira sem mancha, de um ano, para expiação da culpa, e um carneiro sem mancha por oferta pacífica; 15 e um cesto de bolos asmos, bolos de flor de farinha com azeite, amassados, e coscorões asmos untados com azeite, como também a sua oferta de manjares e as suas libações. 16 E o sacerdote os trará perante o Senhor e sacrificará a sua expiação do pecado e o seu holocausto; 17 também sacrificará o carneiro em sacrifício pacífico ao Senhor, com o cesto dos bolos asmos; e o sacerdote oferecerá a sua oferta de manjares e a sua libação. 18 Então, o nazireu, à porta da tenda da congregação, rapará a cabeça do seu nazireado, e tomará o cabelo da cabeça do seu nazireado, e o porá sobre o fogo que está debaixo do sacrifício pacífico. 19 Depois, o sacerdote tomará a espádua cozida do carneiro, e um bolo asmo do cesto, e um coscorão asmo e os porá nas mãos do nazireu, depois de haver este rapado a cabeça do seu nazireado. 20 E o sacerdote os moverá, em oferta de movimento, perante o Senhor; isto é santo para o sacerdote, juntamente com o peito da oferta de movimento e com a espádua da oferta alçada; e, depois, o nazireu pode beber vinho.
21 Esta é a lei do nazireu que fizer voto da sua oferta ao Senhor pelo seu nazireado, além do que alcançar a sua mão; segundo o seu voto, que fizer, assim fará conforme a lei do seu nazireado.
O modo de abençoar os filhos de Israel
22 E falou o Senhor a Moisés, dizendo: 23 Fala a Arão e a seus filhos, dizendo: Assim abençoareis os filhos de Israel, dizendo-lhes: 24 O Senhor te abençoe e te guarde; 25 o Senhor faça resplandecer o seu rosto sobre ti e tenha misericórdia de ti; 26 o Senhor sobre ti levante o seu rosto e te dê a paz. 27 Assim, porão o meu nome sobre os filhos de Israel, e eu os abençoarei.
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.
Numbers 6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 6
Laws Concerning Nazirites. 1 The Lord said to Moses: 2 Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When men or women solemnly take the nazirite[a] vow to dedicate themselves to the Lord, 3 they shall abstain from wine and strong drink;(A) they may neither drink wine vinegar, other vinegar, or any kind of grape juice, nor eat either fresh or dried grapes. 4 As long as they are nazirites they shall not eat anything of the produce of the grapevine; not even the seeds or the skins. 5 While they are under the nazirite vow, no razor shall touch their hair.(B) Until the period of their dedication to the Lord is over, they shall be holy, letting the hair of their heads grow freely. 6 As long as they are dedicated to the Lord, they shall not come near a dead person.(C) 7 Not even for their father or mother, sister or brother, should they defile themselves, when these die, since their heads bear their dedication to God. 8 As long as they are nazirites they are holy to the Lord.
9 If someone dies very suddenly in their presence, defiling their dedicated heads, they shall shave their heads on the day of their purification, that is, on the seventh day. 10 On the eighth day they shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 11 The priest shall offer up the one as a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering, thus making atonement for them for the sin they committed with respect to the corpse. On the same day they shall reconsecrate their heads 12 and rededicate themselves to the Lord for the period of their dedication, bringing a yearling lamb as a reparation offering. The previous period is not valid, because they defiled their dedicated heads.
13 This is the ritual for the nazirites:(D) When the period of their dedication is complete they shall go to the entrance of the tent of meeting, 14 bringing their offerings to the Lord, one unblemished yearling lamb for a burnt offering, one unblemished yearling ewe lamb for a purification offering, one unblemished ram as a communion offering, 15 and a basket of unleavened cakes of bran flour mixed with oil and of unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with their grain offerings and libations. 16 The priest shall present them before the Lord, and shall offer up the purification offering and the burnt offering for them. 17 He shall then offer up the ram as a communion sacrifice to the Lord, along with the basket of unleavened cakes, and the priest will offer the grain offering and libation. 18 Then at the entrance of the tent of meeting the nazirite shall shave his or her dedicated head, take the hair of the dedicated head, and put it in the fire under the communion sacrifice. 19 After the nazirite has shaved off the dedicated hair, the priest shall take a boiled shoulder of the ram, as well as one unleavened cake from the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them in the hands of the nazirite. 20 The priest shall then elevate them as an elevated offering before the Lord. They are an offering belonging to the priest, along with the brisket of the elevated offering and the leg of the contribution. Only after this may the nazirite drink wine.
21 This, then, is the law for the nazirites, that is, what they vow as their offering to the Lord in accord with their dedication, apart from anything else which their means may allow. In keeping with the vow they take so shall they do, according to the law of their dedication.
The Priestly Blessing. 22 The Lord said to Moses: 23 Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them:
24 The Lord bless you and keep you!
25 The Lord let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you!
26 The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace![b]
27 So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them.
Footnotes
- 6:2–21 Nazirite: from the Hebrew word nazir, meaning “set apart as sacred, dedicated, vowed.” The nazirite vow could be either for a limited period or for life. Those bound by this vow had to abstain from all the products of the grapevine, from cutting or shaving their hair, and from contact with a corpse. They were regarded as men and women of God like the prophets; cf. Am 2:11–12. Examples of lifelong nazirites were Samson (Jgs 13:4–5, 7; 16:17), Samuel (1 Sm 1:11), and John the Baptist (Lk 1:15). At the time of Jesus the practice of taking the nazirite vow for a limited period seems to have been quite common, even among the early Christians; cf. Acts 18:18; 21:23–24, 26.
- 6:26 Peace: the Hebrew word Shalom includes the idea of happiness, good health, prosperity, friendship, and general well-being. To use this term as a greeting was to pray for all these things upon the one greeted.
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