The Nazirite Vow

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of ^ea Nazirite,^{1 f}to separate himself to the Lord, 3 he ^gshall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried. 4 All the days of his separation² he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.

5 “All the days of his vow of separation, no ^hrazor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. ⁱHe shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

6 “All the days that he separates himself to the Lord ^jhe shall not go near a dead body. 7 ^kNot even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.

9 “And if any man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then ^lhe shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it. 10 ^mOn the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest to the entrance of the tent of meeting, 11 and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall consecrate his head that same day 12 and separate himself to the Lord for the days of his separation and bring a male lamb a year old ⁿfor a guilt offering. But the previous period shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

13 “And this is the law for the Nazirite, ^owhen the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting, 14 and he shall bring his gift to the Lord, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish ^pas a sin offering, and one ram without blemish ^qas a peace offering, 15 and a basket of unleavened bread, ^rloaves of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and their ^sgrain offering and their ^tdrink offerings. 16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord and offer ^uhis sin offering and his burnt offering, 17 and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its grain offering and its drink offering. 18 And the Nazirite ^vshall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering. 19 And the priest shall take the ^wshoulder of the ram, when it is boiled, and one unleavened loaf out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and ^xshall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the hair of his consecration, 20 and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. ^yThey are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed. And after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

21 “This is the law of the Nazirite. But if he vows an offering to the Lord above his Nazirite vow, as he can afford, in exact accordance with the vow that he takes, then he shall do in addition to the law of the Nazirite.”

Aaron’s Blessing

22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus ^zyou shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,

27 ^e“So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.”

The Silver Trumpets

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for ^xsummoning the congregation and for breaking camp. 3 And when ^yboth are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 4 But if they blow only one, then ^zthe chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. 5 When you blow an alarm, ^athe camps that are on the east side shall set out. 6 And when you blow an alarm the second time, ^bthe camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out. 7 But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ^cyou shall blow a long blast, but you shall not ^dsound an alarm. 8 ^eAnd the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. 9 And ^fwhen you go to war in your land against the adversary who ^goppresses you, then you shall ^dsound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be ^hremembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. 10 ⁱOn the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and ^jat the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be ^ka reminder of you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”

Israel Leaves Sinai

11 In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, ^lthe cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony, 12 and the people of Israel ^mset out by stages from the ⁿwilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the ^owilderness of Paran. 13 They set out for the first time ^pat the command of the Lord by Moses. 14 The standard of the camp of the people of Judah set out ^qfirst by their companies, and over their company was ^rNahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

17 And when ^sthe tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, ^twho carried the tabernacle, set out. 18 And ^uthe standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was ^vElizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Simeon was ^wShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Gad was ^xEliasaph the son of ^yDeuel.

21 Then the Kohathites set out, ^zcarrying the holy things, and ^athe tabernacle was set up before their arrival. 22 And ^bthe standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim set out by their companies, and over their company was ^cElishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Manasseh was ^cGamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was ^dAbidan the son of Gideoni.

25 Then ^ethe standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the ^frear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was ^gAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Asher was ^hPagiel the son of Ochran. 27 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was ⁱAhira the son of Enan. 28 ^jThis was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they set out.

29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of ^kReuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ^l‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do good to you, for ^mthe Lord has promised good to Israel.” 30 But he said to him, “I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.” 31 And he said, “Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve ⁿas eyes for us. 32 And if you do go with us, ^owhatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you.”

33 So they set out from ^pthe mount of the Lord three days’ journey. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days’ journey, to seek out ^qa resting place for them. 34 ^rAnd the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.

35 And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, ^s“Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.” 36 And when it rested, he said, “Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”