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Numbers 6:6

During all the time that he separates himself to Yahweh, he must not come near a dead body.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5During all the time of his vow of separation, no razor is to be used on his head until the days of his separation to Yahweh are fulfilled. He must be set apart to Yahweh. He must let the hair grow long on his head.

7He must not make himself unclean even for his father, mother, brother, or sister, if they die. This is because he is separated to God, as everyone can see by his long hair.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:28Do not cut your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on your body. I am Yahweh.

Leviticus 21:11He must not go anywhere that a dead body is present and defile himself, even for his father or his mother.

Numbers 19:11Whoever touches the dead body of any man will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:16Similarly, anyone outside a tent who touches someone who has been killed with a sword, any other dead body, a human bone, or a grave—that person will be unclean for seven days.

Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man! Behold, I am taking the desire of your eyes from you with a plague, but you must not mourn nor weep, and your tears must not flow.

Luke 9:59Then he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, first let me go and 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 →

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