b Leaſt they ſhould either inflame or diſpoſe him to luxury,and conſequently to the breaking of his vow . or cloud his reaſon and thereby occaſion ſome miſtake or miſcarriage in the rules to which he had bound himſelf. Compare Lev: ro: 9g. c Which was for- bidden him for greater caution to keep him at the further diſtance from wine. |
4 All the days of his || ſeparation 4 ſhall he eat no- thing that is made of the Þ vine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
d Which were ſometimes more,ſometimes fewer, as be thought fit to appoint.
5 All the days of the vow of his ſeparation, there ſhall no * raſor e come upon his head, until the days be fulfilled, in the which he ſeparateth himſelf unto the LORD, he ſhall be holy f; and ſhall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
e Nor ſciſſars, or other inſtrument to cut off any part of his hair. This was appointed,partly as a ſign of his mortification to worldly delights and vain affe&ation of outward beauty,which is promoted by the polling or cutting off the hair; partly as a teſtimony of thar purity which hereby he profeſſed, becauſe the cutting off the hair was a fign of uncleannefs, as appears from w g. and Levit: 14: 8; g. partly that by the notoriouslength of his hair he mighrbe conſtantly minded of his vow, and the exquiſite holineſs it required, and that others might thereby be admoniſhed and ſtirred up to the imitation of his holy example ; and partly that he might reſerve his hair entirely for God to whom it was to be offered,v:18. f(.e.) WhoHy conſecrated to God and his ſervice, whereby he ſhews that inward and ſubſtantial holineſs was the great thing which God required and valued in theſe, and conſequently in other rites and ceremonies.
6 All the days that he ſeparateth himſelf unto the LORD, he ſhall come at no + dead body.
7 He ſhall not make himſelf unclean for his father,or 1 - Heal for his mother g, for his brother, or for his ſiſter, when you
they die : becauſe the + conſecration þ of his God j 3s + Heb: + upon his head.
g Wherein he was equal to the High-prieſt, Lev: 21: r1. in ſome ſort, as ſacred a perſon,
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paration, : | being, and as eminent a type of Chritt, Heb: 7: 26: and therefore juſtly required to prefer = ſervice of
God to which he had ſofully and peculiarly given himſelf before th expreſſions of his affeQtions tohis deareſt od neareſt elationes Ge) "ay —_ - his a ye Eaton ay rag re long hair. 7 (:.e.) Where- y he hath devoted himſelf to his God in an emi . The Genitive caſe of the obje&. CO ny
q bAq the days of his ſeparation he 3s holy unto the
9 And if any man die very ſuddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his doaacion he ſhall
ſhave his head & in the day of his cleanfin ſeventh day / ſhall he ſhave A a=
k Becauſe his whole body, and eſpecially his hair was defiled | by ſuch an accident, which he oughr to impute either to his own heedleſsneſs, or at leaſt to Gods providence fo ordering the matter t poſſibly for the puniſhment of his other ſins, or for the quickening of him to more caution and purity and deteſtation of all dead works whereby he would be defiled. 7 To be reckoned from the time of his pollution, for uncleanneſs conrra&ed by the dead continued
for ſeven days, and the ſeventh day was the day of cleanſing for it, Lev: 15: 13. Numb: 19: 11, 12.
*Exod 27,28,
10 And on the * eighth day he ſball bring two tur-
tles, or two young pigeons m to the prieſt, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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It: And the prieſts ſhall offer » the one for a fin-of- fering o, and the other for a burnt- — and make an atonement for hint, for that he ſinned p by the dead, and ſball hallow q his head that fame day.
» Heb, mote: which is oft put for ſacrificing or offerings as Exod: 9: 36: 1 Chron: 23. 23- compared with 2 Sam: 24: 22. 0 Becauſe ſuch a pollution was, though nor his fin, yet the chaſtifement of his fin, and had an appearance of fin, to wit, of neg]1gence 1n not ſtanding ſufficiently upon his guard, which in ſuch perſons was in a manner equivalent to a fin. p (7. e.) Contra&ed a ceremonial uncleanneſs, which 1s called ſmning, becauſe it was a rype of ſin,and a violation of a law, though through Ignorance and inadvertancy, as many other ſins were. q Begin again to hallow or conſecrate it.
12 And he ſhall conſecrate unto the LORD the days of his ſeparation r, and ſhall bring a lamb of the firſt
*Lev:5:6: year * for a treſpals-effering ; but the days that were tHeb:#37. before ſhall + be loſt 5, becauſe his ſeparation was defiled:
» As many days as he had before ſeparated or vowed unto God. 5 (i. e,) Not reckoned or imputed to him. Heb: fall, to wit, to the ground, 7. e. be void or of none etfe&t, ;
13 And this zs the law of the Nazarite ; when the days of his ſeparation are fulfilled, he ſhall be brought 7 unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
f By the Prieſts appointment and direCtion.
14 And he ſhali offer his offering unto the LORD, one he-lamb of the firſt year without blemiſh fora burnt- offering, and one ew-lamb of the firſt year without blemiſh for * a ſin-efering #, and one ram without blem-
* Lev:4:2: iſh for * peace-offerings x :
17, 32: u Whereby he confeſled and bewailed his frailties and miſcarri-
*Lev:3:6. ages,notwithſtanding the ſtrineſs of his vow and all the diligence and care which he could uſe, and conſequently acknowledged his need of the grace of God in Chriſt Jeſus the true Nazarite» x For thankfulneſs to God, who had given him grace to make and in fome meaſure to keep ſuch a vow. So he offered all the three ſorts
of offerings, that he might ſo far fulfill all righteouſneſs and pro- feſs his obligation to obſerve the will of God 1a all things.
15 And a basket of unleavened bread, * cakes of fine flour mingled with oyl, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oyl, and their meat-oftering, and their drink-offerings y.
y Such as did generally accompany the ſacrifices ; of which,ſee Lev: 2.1: and Numb: 28.
16 And the prieft ſhall bring them before the LORD, and ſhall offer his ſin-offering, and his burnt-offering.