Numbers 6:8

8 This requirement applies as long as they are set apart to the LORD .

Numbers 6:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 6:8

All the days of his separation he [is] holy unto the Lord.
] Set apart for his service, separate from all others, especially the dead, and under obligation to abstain from the above things; from drinking wine, from shaving his hair, and from defiling himself for the dead, and to be employed in holy and religious exercises during the time his vow is upon him.

Numbers 6:8 In-Context

6 And they must not go near a dead body during the entire period of their vow to the LORD .

7 Even if the dead person is their own father, mother, brother, or sister, they must not defile themselves, for the hair on their head is the symbol of their separation to God.

8 This requirement applies as long as they are set apart to the LORD .

9 “If someone falls dead beside them, the hair they have dedicated will be defiled. They must wait for seven days and then shave their heads. Then they will be cleansed from their defilement.

10 On the eighth day they must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.