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Numbers 6:12-27 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

12. and rededicate to the Lord their time as Nazirites. The previous period of time doesn't count, because their consecrated hair was defiled. As a repayment offering they shall bring a one-year-old lamb.

13. When Nazirites complete their vows, they shall perform this ritual. They shall go to the entrance of the Tent

14. and present to the Lord three animals without any defects: a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, a one-year-old ewe lamb for a sin offering, and a ram for a fellowship offering.

15. They shall also offer a basket of bread made without yeast: thick loaves made of flour mixed with olive oil and biscuits brushed with olive oil, and in addition the required offerings of corn and wine.

16. The priest shall present all these to the Lord and offer the sin offering and the burnt offering.

17. He shall sacrifice the ram to the Lord as a fellowship offering, and offer it with the basket of bread; he shall also present the offerings of corn and wine.

18. At the entrance of the Tent the Nazirite shall shave off his or her hair and put it on the fire on which the fellowship offering is being burnt.

19. Then, when the shoulder of the ram is boiled, the priest shall take it and put it, together with one thick loaf of bread and one biscuit from the basket, into the hands of the Nazirite.

20. Next, the priest shall present them as a special gift to the Lord; they are a sacred offering for the priest, in addition to the breast and the leg of the ram which by law belong to the priest. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.

21. These are the regulations for Nazirites; but if a Nazirite promises an offering beyond what his or her vow requires them to give, they must fulfil exactly the promise they made.

22. The Lord commanded Moses

23. to tell Aaron and his sons to use the following words in blessing the people of Israel:

24. May the Lord bless you and take care of you;

25. May the Lord be kind and gracious to you;

26. May the Lord look on you with favour and give you peace.

27. And the Lord said, “If they pronounce my name as a blessing upon the people of Israel, I will bless them.”

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