Israelites under a vow of separation to Yahweh involving abstinence from wine, cutting the hair, and contact with the dead.
religious group·4 Bible books·5 chapters·12 verse appearancesAlso known as: Nazirite
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who took a special vow of separation to Yahweh involving abstinence from wine, from cutting the hair, and from contact with the dead, as legislated in Numbers 6. Famous lifelong Nazirites include and (by implication) and ; rebukes Israel for forcing Nazirites to drink wine. The vow could be temporary or lifelong and was a visible mark of consecration.
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