Numbers 6
New King James Version
The Law of the Nazirite
6 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “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, 3 (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. 4 All the days of his [b]separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.
5 ‘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. 6 All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (D)he shall not go near a dead body. 7 (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. 8 (F)All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.
9 ‘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
- Numbers 6:2 Or makes a difficult vow
- Numbers 6:4 Separation as a Nazirite
- Numbers 6:7 By touching a dead body
- Numbers 6:12 void
- Numbers 6:26 Look upon you with favor
- Numbers 6:27 invoke
Numeri 6
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Legea Nazireatului
6 Domnul a vorbit lui Moise şi a zis: 2 „Vorbeşte copiilor lui Israel şi spune-le: ‘Când un bărbat sau o femeie se va despărţi(A) de ceilalţi, făcând o juruinţă de nazireat, ca să se închine Domnului, 3 să se(B) ferească de vin şi de băutură îmbătătoare; să nu bea nici oţet făcut din vin, nici oţet făcut din vreo băutură îmbătătoare; să nu bea nicio băutură stoarsă din struguri şi să nu mănânce struguri proaspeţi, nici uscaţi. 4 În tot timpul nazireatului lui, să nu mănânce nimic care vine din viţă, de la sâmburi până la pieliţa strugurelui. 5 În tot timpul nazireatului, briciul(C) să nu treacă pe capul lui; până la împlinirea zilelor pentru care s-a închinat Domnului, va fi sfânt; să-şi lase părul să crească în voie. 6 În tot timpul cât s-a făgăduit Domnului prin jurământ, să nu se apropie de(D) un mort; 7 să nu se pângărească nici la moartea tatălui(E) său, nici a mamei sale, nici a fratelui său, nici a surorii sale, căci poartă pe cap închinarea Dumnezeului lui. 8 În tot timpul nazireatului, să fie închinat Domnului. 9 Dacă moare cineva de moarte năpraznică lângă el, şi capul lui închinat se face astfel necurat, să-şi radă(F) capul în ziua curăţirii, şi anume să şi-l radă a şaptea zi. 10 În ziua a opta(G), să aducă preotului două turturele sau doi pui de porumbel, la uşa cortului întâlnirii. 11 Preotul să jertfească pe unul ca jertfă de ispăşire, iar pe celălalt ca ardere-de-tot şi să facă pentru el ispăşirea păcatului lui, făcut cu prilejul mortului. Nazireul să-şi sfinţească apoi capul chiar în ziua aceea. 12 Să închine din nou Domnului zilele nazireatului lui dinainte şi să aducă un miel de un an ca(H) jertfă pentru vină; zilele dinainte nu vor fi socotite, pentru că nazireatul lui a fost pângărit.
După isprăvirea nazireatului
13 Iată legea nazireului. În ziua(I) când se va împlini vremea nazireatului lui, să fie adus la uşa cortului întâlnirii. 14 Ca dar, să aducă Domnului un miel de un an fără cusur pentru arderea-de-tot, o oaie de un an şi fără cusur pentru jertfa(J) de ispăşire şi un berbec fără cusur pentru jertfa(K) de mulţumire; 15 un coş cu azimi, turte făcute din floarea(L) făinii, frământată(M) cu untdelemn, şi plăcinte fără aluat, stropite cu untdelemn, împreună cu darul de mâncare şi jertfa de(N) băutură obişnuite. 16 Preotul să aducă aceste lucruri înaintea Domnului şi să aducă jertfa lui de ispăşire şi arderea-de-tot; 17 să pregătească berbecul ca jertfă de mulţumire Domnului, împreună cu coşul cu azimi, şi să pregătească şi darul lui de mâncare şi jertfa lui de băutură. 18 Nazireul(O) să-şi radă, la uşa cortului întâlnirii, capul închinat Domnului; să ia părul capului său închinat Domnului şi să-l pună pe focul care este sub jertfa de mulţumire. 19 Preotul să ia(P) spata dreaptă fiartă a berbecului, o turtă nedospită din coş şi o plăcintă nedospită şi să le pună(Q) în mâinile Nazireului, după ce acesta şi-a ras capul închinat Domnului. 20 Preotul să le legene într-o parte şi într-alta înaintea Domnului: acesta(R) este un lucru sfânt, care este al preotului, împreună cu pieptul legănat şi spata adusă ca jertfă prin ridicare. Apoi, nazireul va putea să bea vin. 21 Aceasta este legea pentru cel ce a făcut juruinţa de nazireat: acesta este darul lui, care trebuie adus Domnului pentru nazireatul lui, afară de ce-i vor îngădui mijloacele lui. Să împlinească tot ce este poruncit pentru juruinţa pe care a făcut-o, după legea nazireatului’.”
Binecuvântarea
22 Domnul a vorbit lui Moise şi a zis: 23 „Vorbeşte lui Aaron şi fiilor lui şi spune-le: ‘Aşa să binecuvântaţi(S) pe copiii lui Israel şi să le ziceţi: 24 «Domnul să te binecuvânteze şi să te păzească(T)! 25 Domnul să facă să lumineze(U) Faţa Lui peste tine şi să Se îndure(V) de tine! 26 Domnul să-Şi înalţe(W) Faţa peste tine şi să-ţi dea(X) pacea!» 27 Astfel să pună(Y) Numele Meu peste copiii lui Israel, şi Eu(Z) îi voi binecuvânta’.”
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
English Standard Version
The Nazirite Vow
6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “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, 3 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. 4 All the days of his separation[b] he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.
5 “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.
6 “All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (F)he shall not go near a dead body. 7 (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. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.
9 “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
- Numbers 6:2 Nazirite means one separated, or one consecrated
- Numbers 6:4 Or Naziriteship
- Numbers 6:26 Or face
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