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'¶The .vi. Chapter.'

'2 The lawe of the consecration of the Nazarites. 24 The blessyng of the people.'

'* 1.11 AND the Lorde spake [unspec A] 'vnto Moyses, saying:

2 Speake vnto the chil∣dren of Israel, and say vnto them: Whē either man or woman doth seperate them selues to vowe a vowe of(a) 1.2 a Nazarite, to se∣perate them selues vnto the Lorde:

3 He shall seperate him selfe from * wine and strong drynke, and shall drynke no vineger of wine or of strong drinke, nor shall drinke whatsoeuer is pressed out of grapes, and shall eate no freshe grapes, neither yet dried.

4 As long as his abstinence endureth, shall he eate nothyng that is made of the vine tree, or of the cornels, or of the huske of the grape.

5 And as long as he voweth and is sepe∣rated, there shall no rasure come vpon his head, vntyll his dayes be out in the which he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde, he shalbe holy, and shall let the lockes of his heere growe.

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6 As long as he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde, he shall come at no dead body.

7 He shall not make hym selfe vncleane at the death of his father, mother, bro∣ther, or sister: because that the consecra∣tion of his God is vpon his head,

8 All the dayes of his seperation, he is' holy vnto the Lorde.'

9

And if any man dye sodenly before him, or he be ware, the head of his consecra∣tion shalbe defiled:* 1.3 and he shall shaue his head the day of his cleansyng, euen the seuenth day shall he shaue it.

10

And the eyght day he shall bryng two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation.

11

And the priest shall offer the one for a sinne offeryng, and the other for a burnt offeryng: and make an attonement for hym as concernyng that he sinned by the dead, and shall halowe his head the same day.

12

And he shall consecrate vnto the Lord the tyme of his seperation, & shall bring a lambe of a yere olde for a trespasse of∣feryng: but the dayes that were before are lost, because his consecration was defiled.

13

This is the lawe of the Nazarite: when the tyme of his consecration is out, he shalbe brought vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation:

14

And he shall bryng his offeryng vnto the Lorde, an hee lambe of a yere olde without blemishe for a burnt offeryng,

and a shee lambe of a yere olde without blemishe for a sinne offering, & a ramme without blemishe also for peace offe∣rynges,

15 And a basket of vnleauened bread, euen cakes of fine floure mingled with oyle, and wafers of vnleauened bread annoynted with oyle, with their meate offerynges and drynke offerynges.

16 And the priest shall bryng them before the Lorde, and offer his sinne offeryng and his burnt offeryng.

17 And shall prepare the ramme for a peace offering vnto the Lorde, with the basket of vnleauened bread: and the priest shall make also his meat offeryng and his drynke offeryng.

18 And the Nazarite shal shaue the head of his consecration at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shal take the heere of the head of his conse∣cration, and put it in the fire which is vnder the peace offeryng.

19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ramme, and one vnlea∣uened cake out of the basket, and one vnleauened wafer also, and put them vpon the handes of the Nazarite, after he hath shauen his consecration. [unspec D]

20

And the priest shall waue them before the Lorde: And these holy thynges shalbe the priestes, with the waue brest and the heaue shoulder: and then the Nazarite may drynke wine.

21

This is the lawe of the Nazarite which hath vowed his offeryng vnto the Lorde for his consecration, besides those thynges that his hande can get: according to the vowe which he vowed, euen so he must do after the lawe of his consecration.

22 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses,' saying:'

23

Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes, saying: On this wyse ye shall blesse the chyldren of Israel, and say vnto them:

24 The Lorde blesse thee, and kepe thee:'

25 The Lorde make his face shine vpon' thee, and be mercyfull vnto thee:'

26 The Lorde lyft vp his countenaunce' vpon thee, and geue thee peace.'

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And they shall put my name vpon the chyldren of Israel,* 1.4 and I wyll blesse them.

Notes

• * 1.1

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• (a) 1.2

  The Lorde hath left free this vowe to the discretion & wyll of per∣sons, without limitting any certayne tyme for the obser∣uation of it. They who kepe this vowe, were as the light of godlinesse and holinesse a∣mong other, and holden for the most ex∣cellent in ho∣nour and ver∣tue: and ther∣of haue they taken y^e name of Nazarees. For the He∣brue worde Nazir, wher∣of the worde of Nazarees cōmeth, signi∣fieth seperate.
• * 1.3

  Act. xviii. d.
• * 1.4

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