Bible Commentary

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: 13 21. The ceremony at the completion of the vow. This consisted of three parts: ( a) The Nazirite brought a burnt-offering, sin-offering, and peace-offering, with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:13”

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. 12. he shall separate &c.] He shall separate anew the whole period of the vow upon … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:12”

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. 11. a sin-offering ] A form of sacrifice not mentioned in the historical or prophetical books. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:11”

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: 10. The prescribed birds were an inexpensive form of offering; cf. Lev 5:7; Lev 12:8; Lev 14:30 f., Num 15:14 f., Num 15:29 f.; Luk 2:24. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:10”

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. 9. the head of his separation ] i.e. his head with the long hair, the symbol of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:9”

All the days of his separation he [is] holy unto the LORD. All the days of his separation he [is] holy unto the Lord. Set apart for his service, separate from all others, especially the dead, and under obligation to abstain from the above things; from drinking wine, from shaving his hair, and from defiling … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:8”

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. 7. The stringent rule here laid down was applicable to no one else except the High Priest (Lev 21:11); in the case … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:7”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:6”

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. 5. Second regulation. The hair to be left … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:5”

All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 4. nothing that is produced by the grape-vine ] R.V. ‘made of the grape-vine,’ though a literal rendering of the Hebrew, is misleading. The meaning is evidently that of Jdg 13:14 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:4”