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6:1-21 {p} Law concerning the Nazirite
Strong themes of the parashah
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Numbers 6:1-21 Chiastic structure
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Theme of the parashah
The law of the Nazirite.
Finding Messiah in Triennial Yafli lindor
And YHVH spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves to YHVH, he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.’” Num 6:1-3
“Separate” is in Hebrew, נזר nazar, Strong’s H5144, a verbal root meaning, “to consecrate.” The pictographs are nun + zayin + resh.
nun נ ן = seed, thus continue, heir, son
zayin ז = mattock, thus tool, food, cut, nourish
resh ר = head of man, thus head, first, top, beginning, man
The parable is, the hair which has continued (nun), cut (zayin) from the head of the man (resh) as the sign that his vow of dedication has been completed. It refers to the practice of a Nazirite, who lets the hair of his head grow at the beginning of his vow, and does not cut his hair until the days of his consecration are completed.
We have already seen a prohibition against wine and strong drink.
And YHVH spoke to Aaron, saying, “Do not drink wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that you may discern the difference between holy and unholy, and between clean and unclean; and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which YHVH has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.” Lev 10:8-11
A Nazirite, then, is someone, not of the family of Aaron, who wishes they too can be in YHVH’s presence as the Levites and priests can. They take the vow of a Nazirite, and dedicate themselves to YHVH, and separate themselves to YHVH just as Aaron and just as the Levites are separated to YHVH, and they shall be separate for the days of their vow. YHVH receives it as an act of worship, and as consecration to Him, just as Aaron and just as the Levites are consecrated to Him.
Now, these actions of Yeshua preceding the crucifixion, and during the crucifixion, make more sense.
And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink all of it; for this is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say to you, I will not drink, from this moment hence, of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.” Mat 26:27-29
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall; and when He had tasted of it, He would not drink. Mat 27:33-34
He was honoring His consecration to YHVH as High Priest, ready to offer His blood as the spotless Lamb of God on the altar of the cross, for the remission of the sins of the world.
Now isn’t it interesting that the apostle says about Yeshua,
And [Joseph] came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, ‘He shall be called a Nazarene.’ Mat 2:23
According to the commentaries, the prophecy to which Matthew refers, is found in Judges.
“For, lo, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.” Jud 13:5
The angel spoke concerning Samson—a Messiah type in Scripture—who, consecrated to God, received power by the Spirit of God to deliver Israel from the hand of her enemies. Yeshua, not being of the house of Aaron in the natural, but of the house of David, still fulfilled the vow of a Nazarite, separated and consecrated to God just as the priests and Levities.
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 97, 98, and 99 (my notes, and here, and here) | Jud 13 (my notes) | Luk 1 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Yafli lindor
Numbers 6, Bible for Beginners
Numbers 5 and 6, The law of jealousy and the Nazirite
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