Numbers 6:5

"All the days of his vow of separation there shall be no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in which he separateth himself unto Jehovah, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long."

It is significant that the long hair of the Nazirite "separated" even in the matter of his appearance, because in antiquity long hair for a man was considered a shame, even as the apostle Paul himself taught in the N.T. (1 Corinthians 11:14). However, in the case of the Nazirite, it was a shame purposefully endured on his part for the Lord. He was not an ascetic. "He continued to live a normal life, but for a period of his vow, his life was a protest against the sin and wickedness of his age."[8] The device of long hair as a protest is used even today, because the usual purpose of the "long hairs" of our own generation is that of rebellion or protest against what is known as "the establishment." However, it is a gross mistake to equate in any manner such rebels against society with the Nazirites in view here.