Bamidbar 6:6

6 Kol hayamei of his separation unto Hashem he shall go not near nefesh met (dead body).

Bamidbar 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 6:6

All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the Lord
This phrase is repeated at every new article and branch of the law of the Nazarites, of which what follows is the third; showing that each part of it, during that time, was strictly to be observed:

he shall come at no dead body:
not near to any, not even to be in the same place where a dead body lay, nor to touch one, nor to attend the funeral of any, nor be concerned at all about burying the dead; now, as such so defiled were unclean seven days, and during that time might not go into the tabernacle, the Nazarites were strictly cautioned against such pollution, that they might not be detained from the service of God they had devoted themselves unto; see ( Numbers 19:11 Numbers 19:14 Numbers 19:16 ) .

Bamidbar 6:6 In-Context

4 Kol hayamim of his nazir (vow as a nazir) shall he eat nothing that is made of the gefen hayayin, from the seeds even to the grape-skins.
5 Kol hayamim of the neder of his nazir there shall no razor come upon his head; until hayamim be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto Hashem, he shall be kadosh, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
6 Kol hayamei of his separation unto Hashem he shall go not near nefesh met (dead body).
7 He shall not make himself tameh for his av, or for his em, for his ach, or for his achot, when they die; because the Nezer Elohav (Consecration of his G-d) is upon his head.
8 Kol yemei of his nazir (separation) he is kadosh unto Hashem.
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