Numbers 6

1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:

2 Speak to [the] people of Israel and you will say to them a man or a woman if he will make hard to vow a vow of a Nazirite to be a Nazirite to Yahweh.

“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If any of you [wants to] make a solemn promise to dedicate himself to belong to me in a special way, [after you obey these instructions], you will be called a Nazir-man, [which means “dedicated man”].

3 From wine and strong drink he will keep separate vinegar of wine and vinegar of strong drink not he will drink and any juice of grapes not he will drink and grapes fresh and dried not he will eat.

You must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink any vinegar made from wine or from any other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.

4 All [the] days of Nazirite vow his any of all that it is made from [the] vine of the wine from seeds and unto skin not he will eat.

You must not eat anything that comes from grapevines, not even the skins or seeds of grapes, during the time that you are a Nazir-man.

5 All [the] days of [the] vow of Nazirite vow his a razor not it will pass over head his until are completed the days which he will be a Nazirite to Yahweh holy he will be he will make grow [the] lock[s] of [the] hair of head his.

‘Even your hair will be dedicated to me during the time that you area Nazir-man, so you must never allow anyone to cut your hair. Until the time that your solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me is ended, you must allow your hair to grow long.

6 All [the] days of being a Nazirite he to Yahweh to a corpse dead not he will go.

And you must not go near a corpse during the time that you are a Nazir-man.

7 For father his and for mother his for brother his and for sister his not he will make himself unclean for them by death their for [the] Nazirite vow of God his [is] on head his.

Even if the person who died is your father or your mother or your brother or your sister, you must not cause yourself to become unacceptable to me [by coming close to the corpse]. Your long hair [MTY] shows that you belong to me in a special way, so you must not cut your hair.

8 All [the] days of Nazirite vow his [is] holy he to Yahweh.

You are required to keep doing this all the time that you are dedicated to me in this special way.

9 And if he will die a dead [person] with him in an instant suddenly and he will make unclean [the] head of Nazirite vow his and he will shave head his on [the] day of purification his on the day seventh he will shave it.

‘If anyone dies very suddenly when he is near you, then your hair that you have dedicated to me is no longer sacred. So you must wait seven days and then shave it all off. Then you must perform a special ritual to cause yourself to become acceptable to me again.

10 And on the day eighth he will bring two turtle-doves or two young ones of a dove to the priest to [the] entrance of [the] tent of meeting.

The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.

11 And he will offer the priest one [bird] to a sin offering and one to a burnt offering and he will make atonement on him because he sinned on the corpse and he will consecrate head his on the day that.

‘The priest must [kill the birds and] offer them as sacrifices. One of them will be an offering to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed, and the other will be an offering that is burned completely to please me. [After the priest burns them on the altar], I will forgive you for having come close to a corpse, and [when] your hair [grows again it] will be dedicated to me again.

12 And he will be a Nazirite to Yahweh [the] days of Nazirite vow his and he will bring a lamb [the] son of year its to a guilt offering and the days former they will fall for it has become unclean Nazirite vow his.

The amount of time that you were set apart for me the previous time does not count, because you had become unacceptable to me [by coming close to a corpse] during the time that you were a Nazir-man. So you must again make a solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me for the entire amount of time that you indicated the previous time. And you must also sacrifice a one-year-old lamb for not doing what you were required to do.

13 And this [is] [the] law of the Nazirite on [the] day are completed [the] days of Nazirite vow his someone will bring him to [the] entrance of [the] tent of meeting.

‘When the time that you promised to dedicate yourself to me is ended, go to the entrance of the Sacred Tent

14 And he will bring near offering his to Yahweh a lamb [the] son of year its unblemished one to a burnt offering and a ewe-lamb one [the] daughter of year its unblemished to a sin offering and a ram one unblemished to a peace offering.

and offer as sacrifices to me three animals that have no defects: Offer a one-year-old ram that will be burned completely, a one-year-old female lamb as a sacrifice to enable me to forgive your sins, and one full-grown ram as a sacrifice to maintain fellowship with me.

15 And a basket of unleavened bread fine flour of cakes mixed with oil and wafers of unleavened bread smeared with oil and grain offering their and drink offerings their.

‘When you bring those animals, you must also bring some wine to offer as a sacrifice. And you must also bring a basket of bread that you have made with very good flour and [olive] oil. But you must not put any yeast in the bread. Also brush/spread some [olive] oil on some thin wafers and bring them to the priest.

16 And he will bring [them] near the priest before Yahweh and he will offer sin offering his and burnt offering his.

‘The priest will put the young lamb and the young ram on the altar and completely burn them, in order that I will be pleased and will forgive you for your sins.

17 And the ram he will offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh with [the] basket of the unleavened bread and he will offer the priest grain offering its and drink offering its.

Then he will kill the full-grown ram as an offering to restore fellowship with me, and he will also burn on the altar some of the bread and the grain and wine.

18 And he will shave the Nazirite [the] entrance of [the] tent of meeting [the] head of Nazirite vow his and he will take [the] hair of [the] head of Nazirite vow his and he will put [it] on the fire which [is] under [the] sacrifice of the peace offerings.

‘After that, you must [stand at] the entrance of the Sacred Tent and shave off your hair. Then you must put that hair in the fire that is under the [animal that has been sacrificed] on the altar to maintain fellowship with me.

19 And he will take the priest the arm boiled from the ram and a cake of unleavened bread one from the basket and a wafer of unleavened bread one and he will put [them] on [the] hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved himself Nazirite vow his.

‘The meat from the ram’s shoulder must be boiled. After it is cooked, the priest will take it along with one of the loaves of bread and one wafer which has been brushed with [olive] oil, and he will put them in your hands.

20 And he will wave them the priest - a wave-offering before Yahweh [is] a holy portion it for the priest with [the] breast of the wave-offering and with [the] thigh of the contribution and after he will drink the Nazirite wine.

Then the priest will [take them back and] lift them up high to dedicate them to me. They now belong to the priest, and he is permitted to eat some of the meat from the ram’s shoulder and from its ribs and from one of its thighs, because that meat is his share of the sacrifice. After that, you will no longer be a Nazir-man, and you will again be permitted to drink wine.

21 This [is] [the] law of the Nazirite who he will vow offering his to Yahweh on Nazirite vow his besides [that] which it will reach hand his according to [the] mouth of vow his which he will vow so he will do on [the] law of Nazirite vow his.

‘Those are the regulations about the offerings that Nazir-men solemnly promise to bring to me to end their time of being dedicated to me. They must bring these offerings, but if they want to, they may bring additional offerings. And they must do everything that they solemnly promised to do when they dedicated themselves to me.’”

22 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.

Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

23 Speak to Aaron and to sons his saying thus you will bless [the] people of Israel say to them.

“Tell Aaron and his sons that when they [ask me to] bless the people, they must say,

24 May he bless you Yahweh and may he keep you.

‘I desire that Yahweh will bless you and protect you,

25 May he make shine Yahweh - face his to you and may he show favor to you.

and that he will smile at you and act kindly toward you,

26 May he lift up Yahweh - face his to you and may he appoint for you peace.

and that he will be good to you [IDM] and cause things to go well for you.’”

27 And they will put name my on [the] people of Israel and I I will bless them.

Then Yahweh said, “If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israeli people, truly I will bless them.”