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וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר 6:1 Numb. 6:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses saying, דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ אֹו־אִשָּׁה כִּי יַפְלִא לִנְדֹּר נֶדֶר נָזִיר לְהַזִּיר לַיהוָה 6:2 Numb. 6:2 “Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or a woman might arise to swear the vow of a Nazirite to be consecrated to the Lord, מִיַּיִן וְשֵׁכָר יַזִּיר חֹמֶץ יַיִן וְחֹמֶץ שֵׁכָר לֹא יִשְׁתֶּה וְכָל־מִשְׁרַת עֲנָבִים לֹא יִשְׁתֶּה וַעֲנָבִים לַחִים 6:3 וִיבֵשִׁים לֹא יֹאכֵל Numb. 6:3 he must abstain from wine and strong drink; he must not drink vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink, and he must not drink any liquor of grapes, and he must not eat fresh or dried grapes.’ כֹּל יְמֵי נִזְרֹו מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר יֵעָשֶׂה מִגֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן מֵחַרְצַנִּים וְעַד־זָג לֹא יֹאכֵל 6:4 Numb. 6:4 ‘All the days of his consecration he must not eat from anything that can be made from the grape vine, from the seeds and out to the husk.’ כָּל־יְמֵי נֶדֶר נִזְרֹו תַּעַר לֹא־יַעֲבֹר עַל־רֹאשֹׁו עַד־מְלֹאת הַיָּםִם אֲשֶׁר־יַזִּיר לַיהוָה קָדֹשׁ יִהְיֶה גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע 6:5 שְׂעַר רֹאשֹׁו Numb. 6:5 ‘All the days of the vow of his consecration no razor shall come upon his head until the days that will have been consecrated to the Lord are ended. The grown long hair of his hairy head shall be holy.’ [Return to Levi. 19:27] [Return to Judg. 5:2] [Return to Judg. 13:5] כָּל־יְמֵי הַזִּירֹו לַיהוָה עַל־נֶפֶשׁ מֵת לֹא יָבֹא 6:6 Numb. 6:6 ‘All the days of his consecration to the Lord he shall not come near a dead body.’ לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמֹּו לְאָחִיו וּלְאַחֹתֹו לֹא־יִטַּמָּא לָהֶם בְּמֹתָם כִּי נֵזֶר אֱלֹהָיו עַל־רֹאשֹׁו 6:7 Numb. 6:7 ‘For his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, he shall not become unclean for them by their death, for the consecration to his God is upon his head.’ These restrictions are more stringent than even those for Aaron’s sons or any priest. See Levi. 21:1-21:3. כֹּל יְמֵי נִזְרֹו קָדֹשׁ הוּא לַיהוָה 6:8 Numb. 6:8 ‘All the days of his holy consecration he is the Lord’s.’ וְכִי־יָמוּת מֵת עָלָיו בְּפֶתַע פִּתְאֹם וְטִמֵּא רֹאשׁ נִזְרֹו וְגִלַּח רֹאשֹׁו בְּיֹום טָהֳרָתֹו בַּיֹּום הַשְּׁבִיעִי יְגַלְּחֶנּוּ 6:9 Numb. 6:9 ‘And if one should suddenly die beside him in a moment and the head of his consecration would be defiled, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it.’ וּבַיֹּום הַשְּׁמִינִי יָבִא שְׁתֵּי תֹרִים אֹו שְׁנֵי בְּנֵי יֹונָה אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מֹועֵד 6:10 Numb. 6:10 ‘And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.’ וְעָשָׂה הַכֹּהֵן אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת וְאֶחָד לְעֹלָה וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו מֵאֲשֶׁר חָטָא עַל־הַנָּפֶשׁ וְקִדַּשׁ אֶת־רֹאשֹׁו 6:11 בַּיֹּום הַהוּא Numb. 6:11 ‘And the priest shall prepare one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him from what he sinned because of the dead one, and he shall hallow his head on that day.’ וְהִזִּיר לַיהוָה אֶת־יְמֵי נִזְרֹו וְהֵבִיא כֶּבֶשׂ בֶּן־שְׁנָתֹו לְאָשָׁם וְהַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים יִפְּלוּ כִּי טָמֵא נִזְרֹו 6:12 Numb. 6:12 ‘And he shall rededicate the days of his consecration to the Lord and bring a lamb yearling for a guilt offering, and the former days shall be lost, because his consecration was defiled.’” וְזֹאת תֹּורַת הַנָּזִיר בְּיֹום מְלֹאת יְמֵי נִזְרֹו יָבִיא אֹתֹו אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מֹועֵד 6:13 Numb. 6:13 “And this is the law of the Nazirite on the day of fulfillment of the time of his consecration. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, וְהִקְרִיב אֶת־קָרְבָּנֹו לַיהוָה כֶּבֶשׂ בֶּן־שְׁנָתֹו תָמִים אֶחָד לְעֹלָה וְכַבְשָׂה אַחַת בַּת־שְׁנָתָהּ תְּמִימָה 6:14 לְחַטָּאת וְאַיִל־אֶחָד תָּמִים לִשְׁלָמִים Numb. 6:14 and present his offering to the Lord, one he-lamb yearling without blemish for a burnt offering, and one she-lamb yearling without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for a peace offering, וְסַל מַצֹּות סֹלֶת חַלֹּת בְּלוּלֹת בַּשֶּׁמֶן וּרְקִיקֵי מַצֹּות מְשֻׁחִים בַּשָּׁמֶן וּמִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם 6:15 Numb. 6:15 and a basket of unleavened bread of fine flour, cakes mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread spread with oil, and their meal offerings and their drink offerings.” וְהִקְרִיב הַכֹּהֵן לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְעָשָׂה אֶת־חַטָּאתֹו וְאֶת־עֹלָתֹו 6:16 Numb. 6:16 “And the priest shall bring before the Lord and shall prepare his sin offering and his burnt offering.” וְאֶת־הָאַיִל יַעֲשֶׂה זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים לַיהוָה עַל סַל הַמַּצֹּות וְעָשָׂה הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־מִנְחָתֹו וְאֶת־נִסְכֹּו 6:17 Numb. 6:17 “And he shall offer the ram, a sacrifice of peace offering, to the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread, and the priest shall offer his meal offering and his drink offering.” וְגִלַּח הַנָּזִיר פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מֹועֵד אֶת־רֹאשׁ נִזְרֹו וְלָקַח אֶת־שְׂעַר רֹאשׁ נִזְרֹו וְנָתַן עַל־הָאֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר־תַּחַת 6:18 זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים Numb. 6:18 “And, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, the Nazirite shall shave the head of his consecration and he shall take the hair of the head of his consecration and put on the fire that is under the sacrifice of peace offering.” וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַזְּרֹעַ בְּשֵׁלָה מִן־הָאַיִל וְחַלַּת מַצָּה אַחַת מִן־הַסַּל וּרְקִיק מַצָּה אֶחָד וְנָתַן עַל־כַּפֵּי 6:19 הַנָּזִיר אַחַר הִתְגַּלְּחֹו אֶת־נִזְרֹו Numb. 6:19 “And the priest shall take the cooked shoulder from the ram and one unleavened cake from the basket and one unleavened wafer and put on the hands of the Nazirite after his shaving of his consecration.” וְהֵנִיף אֹותָם הַכֹּהֵן תְּנוּפָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה קֹדֶשׁ הוּא לַכֹּהֵן עַל חֲזֵה הַתְּנוּפָה וְעַל שֹׁוק הַתְּרוּמָה 6:20 וְאַחַר יִשְׁתֶּה הַנָּזִיר יָיִן Numb. 6:20 “And the priest shall wave them, a wave offering, before the Lord; holy is this for the priest, above the breast of waving and above the thigh of heaving. Then afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.” זֹאת תֹּורַת הַנָּזִיר אֲשֶׁר יִדֹּר קָרְבָּנֹו לַיהוָה עַל־נִזְרֹו מִלְּבַד אֲשֶׁר־תַּשִּׂיג יָדֹו כְּפִי נִדְרֹו אֲשֶׁר יִדֹּר כֵּן 6:21 יַעֲשֶׂה עַל תֹּורַת נִזְרֹו Numb. 6:21 This is the law of the Nazirite who would vow his offering to the Lord concerning his consecration beside that which his means may reach. According to his vow that he would vow, so he must do by the law of his consecration. וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר 6:22 Numb. 6:22 And the Lord spoke to Moses saying, דַּבֵּר אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל־בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר כֹּה תְבָרֲכוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָמֹור לָהֶם 6:23 Numb. 6:23 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons saying, ‘You shall bless the children of Israel like this by saying to them, יְבָרֶךְךָ יְהוָה וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ 6:24 Numb. 6:24 ‘May the Lord bless you so that He keeps you; יָאֵר יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וִיחֻנֶּךָ ָּ 6:25 Numb. 6:25 May the Lord make His face shine down to you so that He is gracious to you; יִשָּׂא יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלֹום 6:26 Numb. 6:26 May the Lord lift up His countenance to you so that He gives you peace.’” The three verses, 6:24 to 6:26 comprise the threefold priestly blessing that is recited daily among observant Jews to this day. My translation differs from the universal translation for the following reason. Each of the vavs prefixing the second verb in each verse in the standard translation are non-inverting. My translation makes them inverting. Oddly enough, as I’ve translated these verses, the second verb is a consequence of the first, and that would allow them to be non-inverting. It’s kind of a catch 22 situation. וְשָׂמוּ אֶת־שְׁמִי עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲנִי אֲבָרֲכֵם 6:27 Numb. 6:27 “Thus they shall put My name upon the children of Israel and I shall bless them.” Torah Commandments in this Chapter 347. If a man or woman swears a Nazirite oath, he/she shall follow the laws of the Nazarite. Vss. 6:2 - 6:20 348. The priests shall bless the children of Israel daily with the threefold blessing. V. 6:23 - 6:26
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