The Nazirite

¹The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If anyone, man or woman, explicitly utters a nazirite’s vow, to set himself apart for the Lord, ³he shall abstain from wine and any other intoxicant; he shall not drink vinegar of wine or of any other intoxicant, neither shall he drink anything in which grapes have been steeped, nor eat grapes fresh or dried. ⁴Throughout his term as nazirite, he may not eat anything that is obtained from the grapevine, even seeds or skin.

⁵Throughout the term of his vow as nazirite, no razor shall touch his head; it shall remain consecrated until the completion of his term as nazirite of the Lord, the hair of his head being left to grow untrimmed. ⁶Throughout the term that he has set apart for the Lord, he shall not go in where there is a dead person. ⁷Even if his father or mother, or his brother or sister should die, he must not defile himself for them, since ^a-hair set apart for his God^-ais upon his head: ⁸throughout his term as nazirite he is consecrated to the Lord.