“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: (A)‘When a man [a]consecrates by a vow certain persons to the Lord, according to your [b]valuation,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:2 Or makes a difficult or extraordinary vow
  2. Leviticus 27:2 appraisal

For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no (A)razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be (B)a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall (C)begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

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Her [a]Nazirites were [b]brighter than snow
And whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than rubies,
Like sapphire in their [c]appearance.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:7 Or nobles
  2. Lamentations 4:7 Or purer
  3. Lamentations 4:7 Lit. polishing

11 I raised up some of your sons as (A)prophets,
And some of your young men as (B)Nazirites.
Is it not so, O you children of Israel?”
Says the Lord.

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12 “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
And commanded the prophets (A)saying,
‘Do not prophesy!’

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23 Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow.

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Greeting

Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, (A)called to be an apostle, (B)separated to the gospel of God

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