Numbers 6:1-21 - Exposition

Note.— The Hebrew Nazir has been written Nazarite in English under the mistaken impression that there is some connection between Nazir and Nazarene ( Matthew 2:23 ). A very little reflection will show that "the Nazarene" not only was no Nazir, but that he even took pains to let it be seen that he was not. John the Baptist was the Nazir of the New Testament, and in all outward things the contrast was strongly marked between them ( Luke 7:14 , Luke 7:33 , Luke 7:34 ; John 2:2 ).