Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:6
All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
6, 7. Third regulation. Avoidance of pollution from contact with a dead body, even that of the nearest relative.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the Lord,…. This phrase is repeated at every new article and branch of the law of the Nazarites, of which what follows is the third; showing that each part of it, during that time, was strictly to be observed:
he shall come at no dead body: not near to any, not even to be in the same place where a dead body lay, nor to touch one, nor to attend the funeral of any, nor be concerned at all about burying the dead; now, as such so defiled were unclean seven days, and during that time might not go into the tabernacle, the Nazarites were strictly cautioned against such pollution, that they might not be detained from the service of God they had devoted themselves unto; see Nu 19:11.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
6. He shall come at no dead body. This, too, they had in common with the high-priest, that they were not even to mourn for their relations. Although Moses enjoins two things, that the Nazarites should make themselves unclean neither by entering the house of mourning, nor by mourning themselves, it was indeed a duty of humanity to bury the dead; but if any of the people had touched a dead body, or had come near a death-bed or bier, they were polluted. But God demands more of the Nazarites, lest, they should contract uncleanness; for it was not sufficient for them (as will be seen again presently) to purify themselves according to the accustomed means, but it behoved them to be far removed from all things that would pollute them. But why the touch of a dead body was a pollution, we shall consider more at large in its proper place. Now it must be briefly concluded, that because by death is represented God’s curse, the wages of sin, the Israelites were thus admonished to beware of dead works. (336) As to the mourning, the reason of the prohibition was different, viz., that those who professed the special service of God, should set, an example to others of magnanimity and submission. If it were sinful to weep and lament when our friends are taken from us, Christ would not, have wept. at the tomb of Lazarus; but because perturbation is always associated with grief, and men in their mourning are too apt to give way to ambition and pomp, and voluntarily and purposely provoke themselves to excess, as though nature did not already carry them further than is right, the Nazarites could not give an example of moderation, if they had mixed themselves with mourners. Wherefore, as they were before restrained from daintiness, so now a remedy is applied to the opposite disease, viz., to sorrow. But, although all ought, to seek to indulge it moderately, yet something more is prescribed to the Nazarites, that, as if disentangled and stripped from earthly affections, they should go further than the rest of the people; as we shall see hereafter with respect to the priests.
(336) “Comme l’Apostre les nomme;” as the Apostle calls them. — Fr.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
6. Dead body See Num 5:2, note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Num 6:6-7. He shall come at no dead body, &c. A third rule of the Nazarite is, that he, like the priest, should have no concern with dead bodies, or funeral solemnities, which rendered a man unclean for seven days. See chap. Num 19:11, &c. Lev 21:1; Lev 21:24. The Nazarite was obliged to the same degree of legal purity with the high priest himself; that thus he might be always fit to attend upon the service of God, and taught to disengage his affections as much as possible from worldly objects, and to set them upon God. The consecration, or separation of his God upon his head, is a strong Hebraism, signifying that his hair upon his head is a sign of his being peculiarly consecrated to God. St. Paul imitates this Hebraism, when he says, 1Co 11:10 the woman ought to have power upon her head; i.e. she ought to wear her hair in sign of her subjection to the power of her husband. Le Clerc renders this passage, the crown of his God is upon his head; (see Pro 16:31.) and Houbigant, he bears upon his head the ensigns of his God.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Our dear LORD here manifested his holiness, for though touching a dead body, as in the case of those he raised from the dead, yet he himself contracted no uncleanness! How sweet and delightful it is to see, that in all he did and suffered for us, it conveyed no shadow of taint to him. He was made sin, nay, a curse for us; but yet knew no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth! How precious that scripture! 2Co 5:21 . Reader! let you and I live upon it.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Num 6:6 All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
Ver. 6. At no dead body. ] Christ was never defiled by any person dead in sin, nor by any dead work; no more must we.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
come at = come near.
no dead body = no dead soul. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-13, and note on Lev 19:28.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
he shall come: Num 19:11-16, Lev 19:28, Jer 16:5, Jer 16:6, Eze 24:16-18, Mat 8:21, Mat 8:22, Luk 9:59, Luk 9:60, 2Co 5:16
Reciprocal: Lev 10:6 – Uncover Num 6:2 – When Num 9:6 – defiled Psa 16:10 – my
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 6:6-7. He shall come at no dead body This was the third thing enjoined. For defilement by the dead made men unclean seven days; so that they might not approach the place of divine worship, Num 19:11-13. Therefore, that the Nazarites might be always fit to attend upon the service of God, they were to avoid this legal defilement. Of course, they were not to attend upon any funeral solemnity, no, not even of the nearest relations. His father Wherein he was equal to the high-priest, being, in some sort, as eminent a type of Christ, and therefore justly required to prefer the service of God, to which he had so fully given himself, before the expressions of his affections to his dearest and nearest relations. The consecration That is, the token of his consecration; namely, his long hair.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
6:6 All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the LORD he shall come at no {b} dead body.
(b) As at burials, or mournings.