Numbers 6:8
All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.
Numbers 6:8 in other translations
| BSB | Throughout the time of his separation, he is holy to the LORD. |
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| WEB | All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD. |
| ASV | All the days of his separation he is holy unto Jehovah. |
| YLT | all days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah. |
| DARBY | All the days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah. |
| BBE | All the time he is separate he is holy to the Lord. |
| Webster | All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD. |
What does Numbers 6:8 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 6:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 6:8
- 2 Corinthians 6:17-18
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Context
- 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 6:9
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 6:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todo el tiempo de su nazareato, será santo á Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pendant tous les jours de son nazaréat, il est consacré à l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alle die Tage seiner Absonderung ist er dem Jehova heilig. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnibus diebus separationis suæ sanctus erit Domino. |