Numbers 6:1-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:10

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:11

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:12

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:13

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:14

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:15

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:16

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:17

And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord ,.... After he had offered the other two: with the basket of unleavened bread ; which went along with that: the priest shall also offer his meat offering, and his drink offering : of which he had his part, and were the usual appendages of other sacrifices; see Numbers 28:1 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:18

And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation ,.... The Targum of Jonathan is,"and the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation without,'without the tabernacle, the door of it, where the people assembled together; so that this was to be done publicly, that it might be known of all, and no offence taken at the Nazarite's drinking wine, and concerning himself for the dead, and attending funerals, for by this action it was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:19

And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram ,.... The left shoulder, for the right shoulder, which is the heave shoulder of every peace offering, belonged to the priest by another law; and by this law of the Nazarite, he had also the other shoulder, and so had both, which was peculiar to this case; the vow of the Nazarite being a very sacred thing and he being enabled to perform it, a greater expression of gratitude for it was expected and required of him: this shoulder was... read more

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