Numbers 6:1-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:20

And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord ,.... Putting his hands under the Nazarite's, as in other cases where this ceremony was used; and so moving them to and fro, backwards and forwards, upwards and downwards, testifying hereby the goodness of God unto him, his sovereign dominion over him, that all he had depended on him, and was received from him; and that all he did, particularly in keeping his vow of Nazariteship, was through his assistance, and for which he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:21

This is the law of the Nazarite, who hath vowed ,.... The vow of a Nazarite; what he is obliged to do when his Nazariteship is up: and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation ; of the several offerings required of him, to offer to the Lord, for and upon his going through his Nazariteship, his burnt offering, sin offering, sacrifice of peace offerings, his meat offering and drink offering; together with the basket of unleavened bread, cakes and wafers: besides that that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:2

When either man or woman shall separate, etc. - The word נזיר nazir , from נזר nazar , to separate, signifies merely a separated person, i. e., one peculiarly devoted to the service of God by being separated from all servile employments. From the Nazarites sprang the Rechabites, from the Rechabites the Essenes, from the Essenes the Anchorites or Hermits, and in imitation of those, the different monastic orders. Some contend strongly that the Nazarite was a type of our Lord; but... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:3

No vinegar of wine, etc. - חמץ chomets signifies fermented wine, and is probably used here to signify wine of a strong body, or any highly intoxicating liquor. Dr. Lightfoot supposes that the Leper being the most defiled and loathsome of creatures, was an emblem of the wretched, miserable state of man by the fall; and that the Nazarite was the emblem of man in his state of innocence. Wine and grapes are here particularly forbidden to the Nazarite because, as the doctor thinks, being an... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:5

There shall no razor come upon his head - The vow of the Nazarite consisted in the following particulars: - He consecrated himself in a very especial and extraordinary manner to God. This was to continue for a certain season, probably never less than a whole year, that he might have a full growth of hair to burn in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offering, Numbers 6:18 . During the time of his separation, or nazarate, he drank no wine nor strong drink; nor used... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:7

The consecration of his God is upon his head - Literally, The separation of his God is upon his head; meaning his hair, which was the proof and emblem of his separation. Now as the hair of the Nazarite was a token of his subjection to God through all the peculiarities of his nazarate, a woman, who is married, is considered as a Nazarite for life, i. e., separated from all others, and joined to one husband who is her lord; hence St. Paul, probably alluding to this circumstance, says, 1... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:10

Two turtles, or two young pigeons - The same kind of offering made by him who had an issue, Leviticus 15:14 , etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:18

Shall take the hair - and put it in the fire - The hair was permitted to grow for this purpose; and as the Nazarite was a kind of sacrifice, offered to God through the whole term of his nazarate or separation, and no human flesh or blood could be offered on the altar of the Lord, he offered his hair at the conclusion of his separation, as a sacrifice - that hair which was the token of his complete subjection to the Lord, and which was now considered as the Lord's property. The Hindoos, after... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:21

This is the law of the Nazarite - We learn from Maimonides, in his Treatise of the Nazarite, that a man might become a Nazarite in behalf of another; that is, might assist him in bearing the expenses of the sacrifices, etc. "A son may fulfill the vow his deceased father hath made, but did not live to accomplish: - He that saith, upon me be the shaving of a Nazarite, he is bound to bring the offerings of shaving for cleanness, and may offer them by the hand of what Nazarite he will. If he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:2

Verse 2 2When either man, or woman shall separate themselves. God recently appointed a tribute for every soul, whereby the Israelites were to acknowledge that they were His children. By that profession, then, he bound them all to Himself from the least to the greatest. A closer tie of obligation is now treated of, when any should voluntarily devote himself to God for a season. These were called Nazarites, which is equivalent to separate or select, because there was greater dignity or excellence... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 6:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 6:2

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