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must rededicate themselves to the Lord as a Nazirite for the full term
of their vow, and each must bring a one-year-old male lamb for a guilt
offering.
13 “This is the ritual law for Nazirites. At the conclusion of their time
of separation as Nazirites, they must each go to the entrance of the
Tabernacle 14 and offer their sacrifices to the Lord: a one-year-old male
lamb without defect for a burnt offering, a one-year-old female lamb
without defect for a sin offering, a ram without defect for a peace of
fering, 15 a basket of bread made without yeast—cakes of choice flour
mixed with olive oil and wafers spread with olive oil—along with
their prescribed grain offerings and liquid offerings. 16 The priest will
present these offerings before the Lord: first the sin offering and the
burnt offering; 17 then the ram for a peace offering, along with the
basket of bread made without yeast. The priest must also present
the prescribed grain offering and liquid offering to the Lord.
18 “Then the Nazirites will shave their heads at the entrance of the
Tabernacle. They will take the hair that had been dedicated and place
it on the fire beneath the peace-offering sacrifice. 19 After the Nazirite’s
head has been shaved, the priest will take for each of them the boiled
shoulder of the ram, and he will take from the basket a cake and a
wafer made without yeast. He will put them all into the Nazirite’s
hands. 20 Then the priest will lift them up as a special offering before
the Lord. These are holy portions for the priest, along with the breast
of the special offering and the thigh of the sacred offering that are
lifted up before the Lord. After this ceremony the Nazirites may again
drink wine.
21 “This is the ritual law of the Nazirites, who vow to bring these of
ferings to the Lord. They may also bring additional offerings if they
can afford it. And they must be careful to do whatever they vowed
when they set themselves apart as Nazirites.”
The Priestly Blessing
22 Then the Lord said to M
oses, 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons to bless the
people of Israel with this special blessing:
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‘May the Lord bless you
and protect you.
May the Lord smile on you
and be gracious to you.
May the Lord show you his favor
and give you his peace.’
Whenever Aaron and his sons bless the people of Israel in my name,
I myself will bless them.”
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