Numeri 6:18

18 E facciasi il Nazireo radere il capo del suo Nazireato all’entrata del Tabernacolo della convenenza; e prenda i capelli del suo Nazireato, e mettali in sul fuoco, che sarà sotto il sacrificio da render grazie.

Numeri 6:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 6:18

And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation, [at]
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
The Targum of Jonathan is,

``and the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation without,''

without the tabernacle, the door of it, where the people assembled together; so that this was to be done publicly, that it might be known of all, and no offence taken at the Nazarite's drinking wine, and concerning himself for the dead, and attending funerals, for by this action it was known that his Nazariteship was at an end; and whereas the hair of the Nazarite was consecrated to the Lord by his vow, and this vow being punctually fulfilled, it was sacred, and to be presented to the Lord, and to be of no use and service to himself or others, and therefore to be all clean shaven off; for, as Maimonides F26 says, if two hairs only were left, nothing was done, and the command of shaving not kept:

and shall take the hair of the head of his separation;
being cut off and shaved;

and put [it] in the fire which [is] under the sacrifice of the peace
offerings;
under the pot or cauldron, as the Targum of Jonathan, in which the ram for the peace offerings was boiled: this was done in the court of the women in later times, at the southeast of which was a chamber called the chamber of the Nazarites, where they bailed their peace offerings, and shaved their hair and cast it under the pot F1; and this might not be put, as before observed, to any other use; if any of it was made use of in a sack that was made of hair cloth, we are told F2 that sack was to be burnt.


FOOTNOTES:

F26 Hilchot Nezirut, c. 8. sect. 6.
F1 Misn. Middoth, c. 2. sect. 5. T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 16. 1.
F2 Misn. Orlah, c. 3. sect. 3.

Numeri 6:18 In-Context

16 E offerisca il sacerdote quelle cose nel cospetto del Signore; e sacrifichi il sacrificio per lo peccato, e l’olocausto di esso.
17 Poi offerisca quel montone al Signore, per sacrificio da render grazie, insieme con quel paniere di azzimi; offerisca ancora il sacerdote l’offerta di panatica, e l’offerta da spandere di esso.
18 E facciasi il Nazireo radere il capo del suo Nazireato all’entrata del Tabernacolo della convenenza; e prenda i capelli del suo Nazireato, e mettali in sul fuoco, che sarà sotto il sacrificio da render grazie.
19 Poi prenda il sacerdote una spalla di quel montone cotta; e una focaccia azzima di quel paniere, e una schiacciata azzima; e mettale in su le palme delle mani del Nazireo, dopo ch’egli avrà fatto radere il suo Nazireato.
20 E dimeni il sacerdote quelle cose per offerta dimenata davanti al Signore; sono cosa sacra, appartenente al sacerdote, siccome ancora il petto dell’offerta dimenata, e la spalla dell’offerta elevata. Dopo questo, il Nazireo potrà ber vino.
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