1. The Lord spoke to Moses:
2. Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If a man or a woman makes a binding promise to be a nazirite in order to be dedicated to the Lord,
3. that person must refrain from wine and brandy. He or she may not drink wine vinegar or brandy vinegar, nor drink any grape juice or eat grapes, whether fresh or dried.
4. While a nazirite, the person may not eat anything produced from the grapevine, not even its seeds or skin.
5. For the term of the nazirite promise, no razor may be used on the head until the period of dedication to the Lord is fulfilled. The person is to be holy, letting his or her hair grow untrimmed.
6. The period of dedication to the Lord also requires that the person not go near a corpse,
7. whether father, mother, brother, or sister. Nazirites should not defile themselves because of the death of these people, because they bear the sign of their dedication to God on their heads.
8. While a nazirite, the person is holy to the Lord.