Numbers 6:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecrationc of his God is upon his head. ”

Numbers 6:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 volun...
Numbers 6:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God [is] upon (c) his head. (c) In that he all...
Numbers 6:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 instan...
Numbers 6:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

consecration . separation, or Nazariteship. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
Numbers 6:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. The consecration of his...
Numbers 6:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He shall come at no dead body, &c.— A third rule of the Nazarite is, that he, like the priest, should have no concern with dead bodies, or funeral solemnities, which rendered a man unclean for...
Numbers 6:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. No JFB commentary...
Numbers 6:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 o...
Numbers 6:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He shall not make himself unclean... — The law of the Nazirite in this respect was equally stringent with that of the high priest ( Leviticus 21:11 ), and more stringent than that which was imposed...
Numbers 6:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

NAZARITISM: THE BLESSING OF AARON Numbers 6:1-27 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 be...
Numbers 6:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Vow of Separation Numbers 6:1-12 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 g...
Numbers 6:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 6:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Our dear LORD here manifested his holiness, for though touching a dead body, as in the case of those he raised from the dead, yet he himself contracted no uncleanness! How sweet and delightful it is...
Numbers 6:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die ,.... Aben Ezra adds also, for his wife, and for his daughter, and for others; wh...
Numbers 6:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God [is] upon his head. Ver. 7. He shall not...
Numbers 6:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 6:6-7 . He shall come at no dead body This was the third thing enjoined. For defilement by the dead made men unclean seven days; so that they might not approach the place of divine worship...
Numbers 6:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 6:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Law Concerning Nazarites. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2...
Numbers 6:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For his father, or for his mother; wherein he was equal to the high priest, Leviticus 21:11 , being, in some sort, as sacred a person, and as eminent a type of Christ, Hebrews 7:26 , and theref...
Numbers 6:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 6 The Nazirite Vow ( Numbers 6:1-21 ) And The Blessing of Yahweh ( Numbers 6:22-27 ). It will be noted that in the introductory scheme (see Chapter Comments for Numbers 5 and the Book C...
Numbers 6:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE VOW OF THE NAZARITE, OR ACCEPTABLE CONSECRATION TO GOD ( Numbers 6:1-8 ) “The previous chapter has provided for the exclusion from the pale of God’s people of certain forms of guilt and defil...
Numbers 6:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 restrain...
Numbers 6:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 thin...
Numbers 6:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE VOW Or THE NAZIRITE ( Numbers 6:1-4 ). Note.— The Hebrew Nazir has been written Nazarite in English under the mistaken impression that there is some connection between...
Numbers 6:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nazarite Vows
Numbers 6:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 44:25 ; Leviticus 21:1 ; Leviticus 21:10-12 ; Leviticus 21:2 ; Numbers 9:6
Numbers 6:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His father — Wherein he was equal to the high — priest, being, in some sort, as eminent a type of Christ, and therefore justly required to prefer the service of God, to which he had so fully given...

Numbers 6:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 6:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 6:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 6:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 6:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 6:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 6:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 6:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 6:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 6:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 6:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 6:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 6:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 6:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 6:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 6:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes