Numbers 6:8

New Living Translation

This requirement applies as long as they are set apart to the Lord.

Cross References

Numbers 6:7

Even if the dead person is their own father, mother, brother, or sister, they must not defile themselves, for the hair on their head is the symbol of their separation to God.

Numbers 6:9

“If someone falls dead beside them, the hair they have dedicated will be defiled. They must wait for seven days and then shave their heads. Then they will be cleansed from their defilement.

1 Samuel 1:27

I asked the Lord to give me this boy, and he has granted my request.

1 Samuel 1:28

Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will belong to the Lord his whole life.” And they worshiped the Lord there.