Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Numbers 6:4
All the days of his separation — Which were sometimes more, sometimes fewer, as he thought fit to appoint.
All the days of his separation — Which were sometimes more, sometimes fewer, as he thought fit to appoint.
The law of the Nazarite is appropriately added to other enactments which concern the sanctity of the holy nation. That sanctity found its highest expression in the Nazarite vow, which was the voluntar...
CHAPTER 6 The Nazarite _ 1. The vow of a Nazarite (Numbers 6:1)_ 2. The defilement of the Nazarite (Numbers 6:9) 3. The law of the Nazarite (Numbers 6:15) 4. The blessing of Aaron and his sons ...
REGULATIONS FOR NAZIRITES. A Nazirite was one, whether man or woman (2), who undertook either for life or for a shorter time a vow to observe certain rules, involving various abstinences. An instance...
SEPARATION. Nazariteship. VINE TREE. grape vine....
_First regulation_. Abstinence from intoxicating liquors and from any produce of the vine, liquid or solid....
_nothing that is_ PRODUCED BY _the grape-vine_ R.V. -made of the grape-vine," though a literal rendering of the Hebrew, is misleading. The meaning is evidently that of Judges 13:14 -nothing that comet...
ALL THE DAYS OF HIS SEPARATION— It is not said how many days, for there was no stated number; every one devoted himself for as long time as he chose. But not for a less time, says Houbigant, than migh...
D. THE VOW OF THE NAZIRITE NUMBERS 6:1-21 TEXT Numbers 6:1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate the...
_SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, WHEN EITHER MAN OR WOMAN SHALL SEPARATE_ _ THEMSELVES TO VOW A VOW OF A NAZARITE, TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES UNTO THE LORD:_ When either man or woma...
6:4 seed-stones, (a-19) Others, 'sour grapes.'...
THE LAW OF THE NAZIRITE. THE PRIESTLY BENEDICTION 1-21. The Law of the Nazirite. A Nazirite (from Heb. _nazir_, 'to separate') is a man or woman 'separated,' i.e consecrated to Jehovah by means of a...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 6 RULES FOR *NAZIRITES – NUMBERS 6:1-21 V1 The *LORD said to Moses, V2 ‘Speak to the *Israelites and te
FROM THE KERNELS EVEN TO THE HUSK. — The word which is rendered _kenels_ is supposed by some to denote sour grapes, and by others the kernels of berries. The word _zag_ denotes the shell or husk....
כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י נִזְרֹ֑ו מִ כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵעָשׂ
NAZARITISM: THE BLESSING OF AARON Numbers 6:1 1. THE custom of Nazaritism, which tended to form a semi-religious caste, is obscure in its origin. The cases of Samson and Samuel imply that before birt...
THE VOW OF SEPARATION Numbers 6:1 The law of the Nazarite is full of instruction, because he is a type of the child of God who is separated from evil, that he may be wholly surrendered and given over...
Having provided for the purity of the camp by the exclusion of the unclean, special instructions were given concerning cases of personal and voluntary devotion to a life of peculiar separation to God...
_Kernel, or stone. Neither the inside nor the outside must be eaten._...
And was not JESUS separated, and solemnly set apart to the service of his FATHER? Reader, do not forget what JESUS hath said himself, respecting this, of being sanctified or set apart for his people....
It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...
The Nazarite presents to us another character connected with the walk of the Spirit down here-special separation and devotedness to God. They separated themselves unto Him. Christ is the perfect examp...
ALL THE DAYS OF HIS SEPARATION SHALL HE EAT NOTHING THAT IS MADE OF THE VINE TREE,.... Of its leaves, branches, and fruit, especially the latter, put into any sort of food, or infused into any liquor,...
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. Ver. 4. _From the kernels even to the tusk._] Nothing that might occasion, or tem...
_All the days of his separation_ Some were perpetual _Nazarites_, being peculiarly devoted to God from the womb, as Samson and John the Baptist. But Moses here speaks of such as made themselves Nazari...
1 The Law of the Nazarites. 22 The forme of blessing the people. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When either man [THE LAW OF THE N...
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk, the prohibition with reference to foods or drinks made from grapes being absolute,...
THE NAZARITE VOWS...
THE NAZARITE VOW (vs.1-12) The vow of a Nazarite was voluntary, except in such cases as Samson and Samuel, both of whom were Nazarites from birth, by the decree of God (Judges 13:5; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1...
SEPARATION: Or, Nazariteship VINE TREE: _ Heb._ vine of the wine...
1-21 The word Nazarite signifies separation. Some were appointed of God, before their birth, to be Nazarites all their days, as Samson and John the Baptist. But, in general, it was a vow of separatio...
THE DAYS were sometimes more, sometimes fewer, as he thought fit to appoint....
"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto...
Numbers 6:4 days H3117 separation H5145 eat H398 (H8799) produced H6213 (H8735) grapevine H3196 H1612 seed...
CHAPTER 6 THE NAZIRITE VOW (NUMBERS 6:1) AND THE BLESSING OF YAHWEH (NUMBERS 6:22). It will be noted that in the introductory scheme (see Chapter Comments for Numbers 5 and the Book Comments for Numbe...
CONTENTS: The Nazarite laws. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: The Christian should be a true Nazarite, fully consecrated to God and separated from the things of this world, thus securing t...
Numbers 6:2. _Man or woman vow a vow._ A boy of thirteen, and a girl of eleven years of age might vow a vow unto the Lord, unless restrained by their father. A woman might also vow, unless restrained...
_A vow of a Nazarite._ THE LAW OF VOWS (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NAZARITE) 1. The principle of the vow is that God has placed earth’s good things at man’s disposal; and it is a becoming thing in...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 6:1 Nazirites were the most dedicated laypeople in the OT. Samson, Samuel, and John the Baptist were lifelong Nazirites, but usually a person vowed to become a Nazirite for a l...
THE VOW OF THE NAZARITE, OR ACCEPTABLE CONSECRATION TO GOD (_Numbers 6:1_) “The previous chapter has provided for the exclusion from the pale of God’s people of certain forms of guilt and defilement....
EXPOSITION THE VOW Or THE NAZIRITE (Numbers 6:1). _Note.—_The Hebrew _Nazir _has been written Nazarite in English under the mistaken impression that there is some connection between Nazir and Nazaren...
Now in chapter six we have the rules for taking a vow of a Nazerite. Now, the vow of a Nazarite was a vow consecration unto God. And if you wanted to make a special consecration of yourself to God, fo...
Judges 13:14...