Numbers 6:7 meaning and explanation

Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the crown of consecration to his God is upon his head.

Numbers 6:7, Berean Standard Bible

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These instructions come from God through Moses to the Israelites, describing the Nazirite vow, a voluntary period of special dedication. Verses 6 and 7 forbid the Nazirite from approaching a dead body, a rule that elsewhere applied to the high priest.

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