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And the LORD said to Moses,
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"Say to the people of Israel, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
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he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried.
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All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.
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"All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.
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"All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.
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Neither for his father nor for his mother, nor for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean; because his separation to God is upon his head.
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All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD.
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"And if any man 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.
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On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest to the door of the tent of meeting,