Numbers 6:4
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
Numbers 6:4 in other translations
| BSB | All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins. |
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| WEB | All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins. |
| ASV | All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk. |
| YLT | all days of his separation, of anything which is made of the wine-vine, from kernels even unto husk, he doth not eat. |
| DARBY | All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine, from the seed-stones, even to the skin. |
| BBE | All the time he is separate he may take nothing made from the grape-vine, from its seeds to its skin. |
| Webster | All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk. |
What does Numbers 6:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 6:2-8
Nu 6:1-22. The Law of the Nazarite in His Separation. 2-8. When either man or woman ... shall vow a vow of a Nazarite--that is, "a separated one," from a Hebrew word, "to separate." It was used to designate a class of persons who, under the impulse of extraordinary piety and with a view to higher degrees of religious improvement, voluntarily renounced the occupations and pleasures of the world to dedicate themselves…
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…
Numbers 6:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 6:4
- Numbers 6:5
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
- Numbers 6:8-9
All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord. And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
- Numbers 6:12-13
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. 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 6:18-19
And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
- Numbers 6:21
This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
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Context
- Numbers 6:3
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
- Numbers 6:4
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
- Numbers 6:5
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
Numbers 6:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todo el tiempo de su nazareato, de todo lo que se hace de vid de vino, desde los granillos hasta el hollejo, no comerá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pendant tous les jours de son nazaréat, il ne mangera rien de ce qui est fait de la vigne, depuis les pépins jusqu’à la peau. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alle die Tage seiner Absonderung soll er von allem, was vom Weinstock bereitet wird, von den Kernen bis zur Hülse, nicht essen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | cunctis diebus quibus ex voto Domino consecrantur: quidquid ex vinea esse potest, ab uva passa usque ad acinum non comedent. |