NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Numbers 6 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles
The Law of the Nazirite
The Law for the Nazirite
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:1 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When either a man or woman consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:3 - ‘he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:4 - ‘All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5 - ‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD, he shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:6 - ‘All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - ‘He shall not make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:8 - ‘All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:9 - ‘And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:11 - ‘and the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned in regard to the corpse; and he shall sanctify his head that same day.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:12 - ‘He shall consecrate to the LORD the days of his separation, and bring a male lamb in its first year as a trespass offering; but the former days shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - ‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:14 - ‘And he shall present his offering to the LORD: one male lamb in its first year without blemish as a burnt offering, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish as a sin offering, one ram without blemish as a peace offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:15 - ‘a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their grain offering with their drink offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:16 - ‘Then the priest shall bring them before the LORD and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:17 - ‘and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall also offer its grain offering and its drink offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - ‘Then the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:19 - ‘And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20 - ‘and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD; they are holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - “This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the LORD the offering for his separation, and besides that, whatever else his hand is able to provide; according to the vow which he takes, so he must do according to the law of his separation.”
The Priestly Blessing
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:22 - And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:23 - “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:24 - “The LORD bless you and keep you;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:25 - The LORD make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:26 - The LORD lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.” ’
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:27 - “So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”
NKJV

New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) appearing on or deriving from this or any other web page is for personal use only. Any other use of the NKJV must be in conformity with the Quotation Policy for the New King James Version. For more information about the New King James Version, the Quotation Policy, and for inquiries about permission to use the New King James Version, go to Thomas Nelson, Inc..

For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan