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And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge:
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speake vnto ye childre of Israel and saye vnto them: when ether man or woman appoynteth to vowe a vowe of abstinence for to abstene vnto the Lorde
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he shall abstene from wyne and stronge drynke and shall dryncke no vynegre of wyne or of stronge drynke nor shal drynke what soeuer is pressed out of grapes: and shal eate no fresh grapes nether yet dryed as loge as his abstinece edureth.
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Moreouer he shall eate nothyng yt is made of the vynetre no not so moch as ye cornels or the huske of the grape.
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And as longe as the vowe of his abstinece endureth there shall no rasure nor sheres come apon his heed vntill his dayes be out which he fasteth vnto the Lorde and he shalbe holy and shall let the lockes of his heer growe.
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As longe as he abstencth vnto the Lorde he shall come at no deed bodye:
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he shall not make him selfe vncleane at the deeth of his father mother brother or syster. for the abstinece of his God is apon his heed.
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And therfore as longe as his abstynence lasteth he shalbe holy vnto the Lorde.
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And yf it fortune that any man by chaunce dye sodenly before him and defyle the heed of his abstinece then must he shaue his heed the daye of his clesynge: euen the seuenth daye he shall shaue it.
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And the eyght daye he shall brynge .ij. turtles or .ij. yonge pigeons to the preast vnto ye dore of ye tabernacle of witnesse
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And ye preast shall offer the one for a synofferynge and the other for a burntofferynge and make an atonement for him as concernynge that he synned apon the deed and shall also halowe his heed the same daye