Numbers 6:6

All the days of his vow before the Lord; he shall come near no dead person:

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.

In Context

5All the days of his nazir vow a razor shall not pass upon his head; until the days be fulfilled which he should devote before the Lord, he shall be consecrate; he shall let the hair of his head grow.

7For his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, should they die, he shall not make himself unclean; because the consecration of Eloha is upon his head:

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:28nor make a cutting for the dead in thy flesh; nor imprint signatures upon you: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:11Nor shall he enter unto any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother.

Numbers 19:11Whosoever toucheth the dead of any of mankind shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 19:16And whoever toucheth one who is slain with the sword upon the face of the field, or a dead body, or the bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

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 →

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