Numbers 6:1-21 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,… 1. No juice of grape, no produce of the vine, may touch the consecrated lips. This principle is broad and deep. Flee whatever may tend co weaken the firm energy, or to stir up the sleeping brood of sensual and ungodly lusts. More than gross vice is branded here. Evils may enter in a pigmy form. At first they may seem harmless. Avoid them. They are the cancer's touch. They are the weed's first seed. 2. No razor approaches the Nazarite's hair. His flowing locks openly announce his separate state. The dedication must not be a secret act, known only to the conscience and the Lord. Religion is not for the closet or the knees alone. It is not a lily, growing only in the shade. It is to be the one attire in which you move abroad — the holy crown which sparkles on your brow. 3. He must avoid all contact with the dead. Among the living he must live. Wherefore is death to be thus shunned? It is the penalty of sin — the sign of God's most righteous wrath. It is a proof of innocence destroyed-of evil touched — of vengeance merited. It is abomination's colleague. Therefore it is emblem of what holy men should holily abhor. (Dean Law.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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