Numbers 6:8

8 Throughout the time of his separation, he is holy 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 Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.

7 Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the symbol of consecration to his God is upon his head.

8 Throughout the time of his separation, he is holy to the LORD.

9 If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.

10 On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.