BEMIḎBAR 6 (Numbers 6)

1 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spoke to Mosheh, saying,

2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘When a man or woman separates, by making a vow of a Nazirite, to be separate to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,

3 he separates from wine and strong drink – he drinks neither vinegar of wine nor vinegar of strong drink, neither does he drink any grape juice, nor eat grapes or raisins.

4 ‘All the days of his separation he does not eat whatever is made of the grapevine, from seed to skin.

5 ‘All the days of the vow of his separation a razor does not come upon his head. Until the days are completed for which he separates himself to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, he is qodesh. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

6 ‘All the days of his separation to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 he does not go near a dead body.

7 ‘He does not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to Elohim is on his head.

8 ‘All the days of his separation he is qodesh to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.

9 ‘And when anyone dies beside him in an instant, suddenly, and he has defiled the head of his separation, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing – on the seventh day he shaves it.

10 ‘And on the eighth day he brings two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the kohĕn, to the door of the Tent of Appointment,

11 and the kohĕn shall prepare one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and shall make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall qadosh his head on that day,

12 and shall separate to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old, as a guilt offering. But the former days are not counted, because his separation was defiled.

13 ‘And this is the Torah of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are completed, he is brought to the door of the Tent of Appointment,

14 and he shall bring his offering to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄: one male lamb a year old, a perfect one, as a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old, a perfect one, as a sin offering, and one ram, a perfect one, as a peace offering,

15 and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened thin cakes anointed with oil, and their grain offering with their drink offerings.

16 ‘And the kohĕn shall bring them before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 and prepare his sin offering and his burnt offering.

17 ‘And he shall prepare the ram as a peace offering to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, together with the basket of unleavened bread. And the kohĕn shall prepare its grain offering and its drink offering.

18 ‘And the Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Appointment, and shall take the hair from the head of his separation and shall put it on the fire which is under the slaughtering of the peace offering.

19 ‘And the kohĕn shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened thin cake, and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his dedicated hair.

20 ‘Then the kohĕn shall wave them, a wave offering before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄. It is qodesh for the kohĕn, besides the breast of the wave offering and besides the thigh of the contribution. And afterwards the Nazirite shall drink wine.’

21 “This is the Torah of the Nazirite who vows to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 the offering for his separation, and besides that, whatever else his hand is able to provide. According to the vow which he takes, so he shall do according to the Torah of his separation.”

22 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spoke to Mosheh, saying,

23 “Speak to Aharon and his sons, saying, ‘This is how you baraḵ the children of Yisra’ĕl. Say to them:

24  “𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 baraḵ you and guard you;

25 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 make His face shine upon you, and show favour to you;

26 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 lift up His face upon you, and give you peace.’ ”

27 “Thus they shall put My Name on the children of Yisra’ĕl, and I Myself shall baraḵ them.”