Judges 13:5
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5 for you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor is to come on his head, for the boy shall be a nazirite to God from birth. It is he who shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”(A)
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Judges 16:17
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17 So he told her his whole secret and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, then my strength would leave me; I would become weak and be like anyone else.”(A)
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Amos 2:11
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11 And I raised up some of your children to be prophets
and some of your youths to be nazirites.
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?
says the Lord.(A)
Amos 2:12
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12 But you made the nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
saying, “You shall not prophesy.”(A)
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