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 himself, before the expressions of his affections to his dearest and nearest relations. The consecration — That is, the token of his consecration, namely, his long hair.
Related Commentaries of Numbers 6:7
Numbers 6:7
7 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.