Numbers 6:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 6:4

2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When either a man or woman¹ consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, ^ato separate himself to the Lord,

3 ^ahe shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.

4 All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.

5 ‘All the days of the vow of his separation no ^arazor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

6 All the days that he separates himself to the Lord ^ahe shall not go near a dead body.

7 ^aHe shall not make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.

8 ^aAll the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.

9 ‘And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall ^ashave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.

10 Then ^aon the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting;

11 and the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned in regard to the corpse; and he shall sanctify his head that same day.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 6:4

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American Standard Version
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk.

Amplified® Bible
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing produced from the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.

Contemporary English Version
not even the seeds or skins.

Darby English Version
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine, from the seed-stones, even to the skin.

Good News Bible
As long as you are a nazirite, you shall not eat anything that comes from a grapevine, not even the seeds or skins of grapes.

King James Version
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

New American Standard Bible
`All the days of his separation he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from {the} seeds even to {the} skin.

New International Version
As long as he is a Nazirite, he must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.

New King James Version
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'All the days of his separation he shall not eat anything that becomes produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.

Revised Standard Version
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.

Young's Literal Translation
all days of his separation, of anything which is made of the wine-vine, from kernels even unto husk, he doth not eat.

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