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. read more
And if any man die very suddenly by him ,.... In the place where he is, whether house or field, a public or private place, in the tent where he is, as Jarchi; there are two words we render, "very suddenly", which many take to be synonymous; and that being of the same signification, two being used increase the sense, but others think they have a different meaning: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render them,"suddenly through ignorance,'understanding it of a chance matter, as when one man... read more
And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest ,.... Not a turtledove and a young pigeon, as Ben Gersom observes, but two of one of the sorts, which was the offering of the poorer sort of childbearing women at their purification, and of profluvious persons, men or women, Leviticus 12:8 ; and this case of the Nazarite's being an uncleanness, could not be purged away but by sacrifice; which was typical of the sacrifice of Christ, by which that unclean... read more
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering ,.... That is, one of the turtles or young pigeons for the one kind of sacrifice, and one for the other sort; both being necessary; the one to expiate sin, and the other as a gift to God by way of thankfulness for acceptance of the former: and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead ; by being where the dead body was, which, though not sinful, in a moral sense, was, in a ceremonial... read more
And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation ,.... He was to begin his account again, from the time of his shaving his head, and devote as many days to the service of the Lord as what he had vowed before: and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering ; we see how much trouble and expense were brought by a single act of pollution, and that involuntary too; how much more need is there of an atoning sacrifice for the sins of men, even for all of them,... read more
And this is the law of the Nazarite ,.... This has respect either to what goes before; those are the things he is obliged to that vows the vow of a Nazarite; what he is to abstain from during the time of his vow, and what he is to do in case of any defilement; or to what follows after, what is binding upon him, what offerings he is to bring, and what rites and ceremonies are to be observed by him when he has finished his vow: when the days of his separation , or Nazariteship: are... read more
And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord ,.... The Nazarite was to present his offering at the door of the tabernacle, to the priest, in order to be offered for him to the Lord: one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering ; according to the law, manner, and custom of a burnt offering, as Aben Ezra observes, which, whether of the herd or of the flock, was to be a male and unblemished, and not more than a year old, Leviticus 1:3 , and one ewe lamb of the... read more
And a basket of unleavened bread ,.... As at the consecration of Aaron and his sons, Exodus 29:2 ; though for peace offerings for thanksgiving leavened bread was offered, Leviticus 7:13 , cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil ; ten of each sort, as Jarchi says, ten cakes and ten wafers, see Exodus 29:9 , and their meat offering and their drink offering ; which always used to attend every sacrifice. read more
And the priest shall bring them before the Lord ,.... All the above offerings to the altar of burnt offering, and there present them to the Lord in the name of the Nazarite: and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering : here they stand in the proper order in which they were offered. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:7
He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die ,.... Aben Ezra adds also, for his wife, and for his daughter, and for others; what even the priests of the Lord, the common priests might do, a Nazarite might not, not come near any of his relations when dead, as to touch them, to close their eyes, or wash their bodies, and provide for their funeral, and attend that, or to be where they were; in this respect they were upon a... read more