This program of daily devotions is designed to take you through the Bible in three years. It is our desire to help you gain a better general understanding of God's Word.
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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 made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor 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.
6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
7 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.
God gave Moses the "Law of the Nazarite." This is a person who willingly
8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
9 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.
10 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:
11 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.
12 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.
If for any reason his vows were broken, then he must complete the following acts
13 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:
14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.
16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
This portion of the text is an explanation of procedure. When a person determined that
22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
Now the subject changes from discussion of Nazarites to the High Priest's blessing.
Please continue to follow along in Bible study with us.
CHAPTER 6
sanctifies himself to God for special service.
His vows to God include:
1. No strong drink (verse 3),
2. No cutting of his hair (verse 5),
3. No fruit of the vine (verse 4),
4. And he can touch no dead body (verse 6) - He can mourn, but not touch.
This law also applied to women who chose to be Nazarites (verse 1).
for reconsecration:
1. Shave the head (verse 9),
2. On the eighth day bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest for an
offering (verses 10-11),
3. Then a lamb is to be brought as an offering to complete the consecration (verse 12).
The previous days of service are lost. This means that whatever time the
person vowed to give to God begins at the second consecration.
(See also 2Corinthians 6:17, and 1Peter 1:13-16)
a ram for sacrifice, and have his head shaved at the temple or tabernacle.
This is an act of publicly declaring that God has specifically called this person for
a certain service.
Our act of consecrating ourselves to God should also be public. We should come willingly
to the church and publicly commit ourselves to Him.
The High Priest was authorized to grand blessings and peace in God's name.
Christians today are "priests" of God (Revelation 1:6). We are also authorized to grant
blessings to others.
It would be well worth our effort to learn what this benediction means and often state
it to others. So here is a "Mcgee paraphrase."
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May His glory shine down upon you.
May He be gracious to you.
May the countenance (presence and character) of the Lord be upon you.
And may He grant you peace.