Nazarite Vow

Acts 21:18-24, 26; “And the day following went in with us to Yaakov (James); and all the Zechanim (elders of the nation) were present.

And when he greeted them, he declared particularly what things YHWH had done among the nations by his service.

And when they heard it, they gave tehilla (praise) to YHWH, and said to him, you see, brother, how many tens of thousands there are who believe among Yahudim (Jews); and they are all zealous for the Torah:

And they are wrongly informed about you, that you teach all the Yahudim who are among the nations to forsake Moshe’s Torah, saying that they should not brit milah (circumcise) their children, neither walk after the halacha (way) of Torah.

What is this therefore? The multitudes will hear that you have come.

So do what we tell you: We have four men who have a nazarite vow on the:

Take them, and cleans yourself with them, and pay their expenses, that they may shave their heads: and then all will know that those things, of which they were informed about you, are false and nothing ; but that you yourself also have you halacha orderly, guarding all the Torah…

Then Sha’ul (Paul) took the men , and the next day cleansed himself with them and entered into Brit HaMikdash (Set-Apart place), to signify the completion of the days of their separation , UNTIL THE OFFERING SHOULD BE GIVEN FOR EVERYONE OF THEM.”

The details of what is involved in a Nazirite vow very clearly involve a burnt offering (Numbers 6:13-18).

 

 

NIV Numbers 6:13 “‘Now this is the law for the Nazirite when the period of his separation is over.  

 

He is to be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

14 There he is to present his offerings to the LORD:

a year-old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering,

a year-old ewe lamb without defect for a sin offering,

a ram without defect for a fellowship offering,

15 together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and a basket of bread made without yeast– cakes made of fine flour mixed with oil, and wafers spread with oil.

16 “‘The priest is to present them before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.

17 He is to present the basket of unleavened bread and is to sacrifice the ram as a fellowship offering to the LORD, together with its grain offering and drink offering.

18 “‘Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite must shave off the hair that he dedicated.

He is to take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering.

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