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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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A Law for Holiness
Commentators explain that the law of the Nazarite is introduced here as a pinnacle of personal holiness. It follows other laws concerning the sanctity of the nation. One scholar even connects it to the preceding chapter, suggesting that the vow's abstinence from wine was a practical way to guard against sins like adultery, showing the interconnectedness of God's commands.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The law of the Nazarite is appropriately added to other enactments concerning the sanctity of the holy nation. That sanctity found its highest expr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord spoke to Moses At the same time, or immediately after the law concerning the woman suspected of adulter…
The word Nazarite signifies separation. Some were appointed by God, before their birth, to be Nazarites all their lives, like Samson and John the B…