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Numbers 6:13-20

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13“‘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, 14and he shall offer his offering to the LORD: one male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering, one ewe lamb a year old without defect for a sin offering, one ram without defect for peace offerings, 15a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil with their meal offering and their drink offerings. 16The priest shall present them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering. 17He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its meal offering and its drink offering. 18The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. 19The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved the head of his separation; 20and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. They are holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.

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Summary

“ ‘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, and he shall offer his offering to…. Voluntary consecration sets a person apart to the LORD for a season.

Interpretation

In Numbers 6:13-20, “ ‘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, and he shall offer his offering to… The narrator wants us to see God’s holy ways among a people He has already redeemed and is leading toward promise. Listen to the text: ““ ‘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, and he shall offer his offering to the LORD: one male lamb a year old without…”

Nazirite separation is voluntary consecration—hair, drink, and corpse avoidance mark a season unto the LORD. Devotion can be temporary yet wholehearted.

Nazirite vows set apart temporary consecration; the Aaronic blessing places the LORD’s Name and peace on Israel through priestly speech. In purity, Nazirite, and blessing texts, holiness and benediction shape camp life. This passage belongs in that movement: Numbers 6:13-20 is not an isolated scrap but a step in God’s purpose to bring His people through. Read Numbers as Christian Scripture: lifted serpent, Aaronic blessing, and star from Jacob find their yes in Jesus Christ.

A pastoral word for today: Choose one temporary consecration—fast, focus, or set-apart habit—unto the LORD.

Hold judgment and blessing together. Numbers never flatters rebellion, yet never abandons the promise to the fathers. That combination is good news for imperfect churches learning to follow the faithful God. Keep Numbers 6:13-20 inside that larger mercy.

As you sit with Numbers 6:13-20, ask what it shows about the God who journeys with His people. Numbers is living Scripture that forms trust, repentance, and hope—not a mere travel log. Let the text steady your confidence in the LORD’s faithful presence.

Reading Numbers 6:13-20 inside the whole book keeps census and crisis, blessing and judgment together. Order without faith becomes empty arrangement; zeal without promise becomes despair. Hold this passage in Numbers’ larger story that leads toward Christ and the land of rest.

Context

Chapter 6 in Numbers: Nazirite vows set apart temporary consecration; the Aaronic blessing places the LORD’s Name and peace on Israel through priestly speech.

Purity, Nazirite, blessing (Numbers 5–6): camp holiness, consecration vows, and the Aaronic benediction.

Audience

People exploring consecration and wholehearted devotion

Themes

  • Consecration
  • Vow
  • Holiness
  • Separation

Keywords

Nazirite · separation · fulfilled · brought · Tent · Meeting · offering · without