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Numbers 6:9

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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest,.... Not a turtledove and a young pigeon, as Ben Gersom observes, but two of one of the sorts, which was the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Numbers 6:1-21

The law of the Nazarite is appropriately added to other enactments which concern the sanctity of the holy nation. That sanctity found its highest expression in the Nazarite vow, which was the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 6:1-21

After the law for the discovery and shame of those that by sin had made themselves vile, fitly follows this for the direction and encouragement of those who by their eminent piety and devotion had…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Numbers 6:9-12

The third regulation might be unavoidably infringed if a sudden death occurred in the Nazirite's presence. He was then unclean for seven days. At the end of that period he shaved close his polluted…

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