Numbers 6:6
He shall not come near to a dead body all the days that he separates himself to LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you. I am LORD.
Leviticus 21:11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother,
Numbers 19:11He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:16And whoever in the open field touches a man who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Ezekiel 24:16Son of man, behold, I take the desire of thine eyes away from thee with a stroke. Yet thou shall neither mourn nor weep. Neither shall thy tears run down.
Luke 9:59And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me first, after departing, to bury my father.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 6:2-22
The Law Concerning Nazarites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 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… Read the whole commentary →