Numbers 6:7
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
Numbers 6:7 in other translations
| BSB | Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the crown of consecration to his God is upon his head. |
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| WEB | He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head. |
| ASV | He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation unto God is upon his head. |
| YLT | for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister--he is not unclean for them at their death, for the separation of his God is on his head; |
| DARBY | He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister when they die; for the consecration of his God is upon his head. |
| BBE | He may not make himself unclean for his father or his mother, his sister or his brother, if death comes to them; because he is under an oath to keep himself separate for God. |
| Webster | He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. |
What does Numbers 6:7 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
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 6:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 6:7
- Numbers 9:6
And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
- Leviticus 21:1-2
And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
- Ezekiel 44:25
And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
- Leviticus 21:10-12
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9:6; Le 21:1,2,10-12; Eze 44:25
consecration. Heb. separation.This expression, "the consecration, or separation, of God is on his head," denotes his hair, which was the proof and emblem of his separation, and of his subjection to God through all the peculiarities of his Nazarate. St. Paul probably alludes to this circumstance in 1 Co 11:10 by considering a married woman as a Nazarite for life, i.e., separated from all others, and united to her husband, to whom she is subject.
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Context
- Numbers 6:6
All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.
- Numbers 6:7
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
- Numbers 6:8
All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.
Numbers 6:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por su padre, ni por su madre, por su hermano, ni por su hermana, no se contaminará con ellos cuando murieren; porque consagración de su Dios tiene sobre su cabeza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il ne se rendra pas impur pour son père, ni pour sa mère, ni pour son frère, ni pour sa sœur, quand ils mourront; car le nazaréat de son Dieu est sur sa tête. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wegen seines Vaters und wegen seiner Mutter, wegen seines Bruders und wegen seiner Schwester, ihretwegen soll er sich nicht verunreinigen, wenn sie sterben; denn die Weihe seines Gottes ist auf seinem Haupte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nec super patris quidem et matris et fratris sororisque funere contaminabitur, quia consecratio Dei sui super caput ejus est. |