Numbers 6:6

6 All the days that they separate themselves unto the LORD they shall come in unto no dead body.

Numbers 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 ) .

Numbers 6:6 In-Context

4 All the days of their Nazariteship they shall eat nothing that is made of the wine vine, from the kernels even to the husk.
5 All the days of the vow of their Nazariteship no razor shall come upon their head, until the days are fulfilled of their separation unto the LORD; they shall be holy and shall let the locks of the hair of their head grow.
6 All the days that they separate themselves unto the LORD they shall come in unto no dead body.
7 They shall not make themselves unclean for their father or for their mother, for their brother or for their sister, when they die because the consecration of their God is upon their head.
8 All the days of their Nazariteship they are holy unto the LORD.
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