Chapter 35

The Law of Consecration


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When man or woman shall consecrate themselves by a vow, even the vow of a Nazaritea, to devote themselves unto YHVHb,

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They shall be brought before the Priestess that she may read what Ha’Elohima hath writtenb upon the night sky, that they should know the time of their dedication;

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And the days of their dedication shall not be less than that of thirty, nor shall they be more than thirty in years.

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And on the day of their consecration they shall bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the Priest, to the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregationa;

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And the Priest shall offer the one for a sin offeringa, and the other for an offering and make an atonement for them, and they shall consecrate unto YHVH the days of their Naziriteship.

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¶ And during their time of consecration, they shall drink no vinegar made of wine nor vinegar of strong drink; neither shall they drink any juice of the grapes nor eat grapes at all, be they moist or dried;

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Yea, all the days of their consecration shall they eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

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¶ All the days of their vow of consecration there shall no razor come upon their head;

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Until the days be fulfilled in the which they consecrateth themselves unto YHVH, they shall be holy and shall let the locks of the hair of their head grow.

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¶ All the days that they consecrateth themselves unto YHVH, they shall avoid the presence of the dead;

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And they shall not make themselves uncleana for their fathers, or for their mothers, for their brothers, or for their sisters when they should die, because they wear the qadashb of their Elohim upon their heads.

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And all the days of their consecration, they are holy unto me, YHVH.

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And if anyone is to die very suddenly by them, and they hath defiled the head of their consecration, then they shall wash their bodies and their clothes in the day of their cleansing; on the seventh day shall they wash.

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And any Nazarite that sinsa by the dead shall hallow themselves in that same day, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering;

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And they shall return again unto the Priestess to know their time, and unto the Priest to renew their vows, for all the days that were before have surely been losta because their consecration was defiled.

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¶ And this is the Toraha of the Nazarite: when the days of their consecration are fulfilled, they shall be brought unto the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregationb;

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And they shall offer their offering unto me: one he lamb of the first year without blemish for an offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offeringa, and one ram without blemish for a peace offeringb,

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And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour, mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread, anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offeringa.

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And the Priest shall bring them before YHVH and shall offer their sin offering and their other offerings;

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And they shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offering unto me, YHVH, with the basket of unleavened bread; the Priest shall offer also their meat offering and their drink offering.

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¶ And the Nazarite shall shave the head of their qadasha at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of their consecration, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.

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And the Priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite after the hair of their consecration is cut;

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And the Priest shall present them for an offering before YHVH; this is holy for the Priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder; and after that, the Nazarite may drink wine.

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And after this, they shall go to the Priestess, that she should read to them the fulfillment of their consecration, that their vow be fulfilled and that they know again their mitzvaha.

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This is the Torah of the Nazarite who hath vowed and of their offering unto YHVH for their consecration, besides that that their hand shall get; according to the vow which they vowed, so they must do after the Torah of their consecration. So mote it be, Amen!