Numbers 6 · Verse 13

Numbers 6:13

And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
Numbers 6:13, King James Version

Numbers 6:13 in other translations

BSBNow this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
WEB“‘This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
ASVAnd this is the law of the Nazirite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tent of meeting:
YLT‘And this is the law of the Nazarite; in the day of the fulness of the days of his separation doth one bring him in unto the opening of the tent of meeting,
DARBYAnd this is the law of the Nazarite on the day when the days of his consecration are fulfilled: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting.
BBEAnd this is the law for him who is separate, when the necessary days are ended: he is to come to the door of the Tent of meeting,
WebsterAnd this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

What does Numbers 6:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 6:13-20
13-20. when the days of his separation are fulfilled, &c.--On the accomplishment of a limited vow of Nazaritism, Nazarites might cut their hair wherever they happened to be (Ac 18:18); but the hair was to be carefully kept and brought to the door of the sanctuary. Then after the presentation of sin offerings and burnt offerings, it was put under the vessel in which the peace offerings were boiled; and the priest, taking the shoulder (Le 7:32), when boiled, and a cake and wafer of the meat offering, put them on the hands of the Nazarites to wave before the Lord, as a token of thanksgiving, and thus released them from their vow.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 6:1-21

The word Nazarite signifies separation. Some were appointed of God, before their birth, to be Nazarites all their days, as Samson and John the Baptist. But, in general, it was a vow of separation from the world and devotedness to the services of religion, for a limited time, and under certain rules, which any person might make if they pleased. A Nazarite is spoken of as well known; but his obligation is brought to a…

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Numbers 6:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְזֹ֥אתve.Zotand thisH2063
תּוֹרַ֖תto.Rat[is] [the] law ofH8451
הַנָּזִ֑ירha.na.Zirthe NaziriteH5139
בְּי֗וֹםbe.Yomon [the] dayH3117
מְלֹאת֙me.loTare completedH4390
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
נִזְר֔וֹniz.RoNazirite vow hisH5145
יָבִ֣יאya.Vi'someone will bringH935
אֹת֔וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
אֶל\־'el-toH413
פֶּ֖תַחPe.tach[the] entrance ofH6607
אֹ֥הֶל'O.hel[the] tent ofH168
מוֹעֵֽד\׃mo.'EdmeetingH4150

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 6:13

  • Acts 21:26

    Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

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are fulfilled.
Ac 21:26

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Context

  • Numbers 6:12

    And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

  • Numbers 6:13

    And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

  • Numbers 6:14

    And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,

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Numbers 6:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esta es, pues, la ley del Nazareo el día que se cumpliere el tiempo de su nazareato: Vendrá á la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et c’est ici la loi du nazaréen: au jour où les jours de son nazaréat seront accomplis, on le fera venir à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und dies ist das Gesetz des Nasirs: An dem Tage, an welchem die Tage seiner Absonderung erfüllt sind, soll man ihn an den Eingang des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft bringen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ista est lex consecrationis. Cum dies, quos ex voto decreverat, complebuntur, adducet eum ad ostium tabernaculi fœderis,