6-7. Their hair is the sign of their dedication to God, and so they must not defile themselves by going near a corpse, not even that of their father, mother, brother, or sister.
8. As long as they are Nazirites, they are consecrated to the Lord.
9. If the consecrated hair of a Nazirite is defiled because he or she is right beside someone who suddenly dies, they must wait seven days and then shave off their hair; and so they become ritually clean.
10. On the eighth day they shall bring two doves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence.