Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Numbers Chapter 6
Overview
Num 6:1, The law of the Nazarite in the days of his separation; Num 6:13, and after their completion; Num 6:22, The form of blessing the people.
When: Num 6:5, Num 6:6; Exo 33:16; Lev 20:26; Pro 18:1; Rom 1:1; Co2 6:16; Gal 1:15; Heb 7:27
separate themselves: The word yaphli, rendered "shall separate themselves," signifies, "the doing of something extraordinary," and is the same word as is used concerning the making a singular vow. (Lev 27:2); it seems to convey the idea of a person's acting from extraordinary zeal for God and religion.
to vow: Lev 27:2; Jdg 13:5; Sa1 1:28; Amo 2:11, Amo 2:12; Luk 1:15; Act 21:23, Act 21:24
to separate themselves: or, to make themselves Nazarites, Lahazzir, from nazar, to be separate; hence nazir, a Nazarite, i.e., a person separated; one peculiarly devoted to the service of God by being separated from all servile employments. The Nazarites were of two kinds. such as were devoted to God by their parents in their infancy, or even sometimes before they were born; and such as devoted themselves. The former were Nazarites for life; and the latter commonly bound themselves to observe the laws of the Nazarites for a limited time. The Nazarites for life were not bound to the same strictness as the others, concerning whom the laws relate.
Besides the religious nature of this institution, it seems to have been partly of a civil and prudential use. The sobriety and temperance which the Nazarites were obliged to observe were very conducive to health. Accordingly, they were celebrated for their fair and ruddy complexion; being said to be both whiter than milk and more ruddy than rubies (Lam 4:7); the sure signs of a sound and healthy constitution. It may here be observed, that when God intended to raise up Samson, by his strength of body, to scourge the enemies of Israel, he ordered, that from his infancy he should drink no wine, but live by the rule of the Nazarites, because that would greatly contribute to make him strong and healthy; intending, after nature had done her utmost to form this extraordinary instrument of his providence, to supply her defect by his own supernatural power. See Jenning's Jewish Antiquities, B. I. c. 8.
Lev 10:9; Jdg 13:14; Pro 31:4, Pro 31:5; Jer 35:6-8; Amo 2:12; Luk 1:15; Luk 7:33, Luk 7:34, Luk 21:34; Eph 5:18; Th1 5:22; Ti1 5:23
separation: or, Nazariteship, Num 6:5, Num 6:8, Num 6:9, Num 6:12, Num 6:13, Num 6:18, Num 6:19, Num 6:21
vine tree: Heb. vine of the wine
razor: Jdg 13:5, Jdg 16:17, Jdg 16:19; Sa1 1:11; Lam 4:7, Lam 4:8; Co1 11:10-15
he shall come: Num 19:11-16; Lev 19:28; Jer 16:5, Jer 16:6; Eze 24:16-18; Mat 8:21, Mat 8:22; Luk 9:59, Luk 9:60; Co2 5:16
unclean: Num 9:6; Lev 21:1, Lev 21:2, Lev 21:10-12; Eze 44:25
consecration: Heb. separation, This expression, "the consecration, or separation, of God is on his head," denotes his hair, which was the proof and emblem of his separation, and of his subjection to God through all the peculiarities of his Nazarate. St. Paul probably alludes to this circumstance in Co1 11:10 by considering a married woman as a Nazarite for life, i.e., separated from all others, and united to her husband, to whom she is subject.
and he: Num 19:14-19
shave: Num 6:18; Act 18:18, Act 21:23, Act 21:24; Phi 3:8, Phi 3:9
Lev 1:14, Lev 5:7-10, 9:1-21, Lev 12:6, Lev 14:22, Lev 14:23, Lev 14:31, Lev 15:14, Lev 15:29; Rom 4:25; Joh 2:1, Joh 2:2
offer: Lev 5:8-10, Lev 14:30, Lev 14:31
and shall: Num 6:5
a trespass: Lev 5:6, Lev 14:24
but the: Eze 18:24; Mat 3:15, Mat 24:13; Joh 8:29-31; Jam 2:10; Jo2 1:8
lost: Heb. fall
are fulfilled: Act 21:26
one he: Lev 1:10-13; Ch1 15:26, Ch1 15:28, Ch1 15:29
one ewe: Lev 4:2, Lev 4:3, Lev 4:27, Lev 4:32; Mal 1:13, Mal 1:14; Pe1 1:19
one ram: Lev 3:6
a basket: Lev 2:4, Lev 8:2, Lev 9:4; Joh 6:50-59
anointed: Exo 29:2
drink: Num 15:5, Num 15:7, Num 15:10; Isa 62:9; Joe 1:9, Joe 1:13, Joe 2:14; Co1 10:31, Co1 11:26
shave the head: The hair, which was permitted to grow for this purpose, was shaven off, as a token that the vow was accomplished. Num 6:5, Num 6:9; Act 18:18, Act 21:24, Act 21:26
and put it: Luk 17:10; Eph 1:6
the sodden: Lev 8:31; Sa1 2:15
put them: Exo 29:23-28; Lev 7:30, Lev 8:27
the priest shall: Num 5:25; Exo 29:27, Exo 29:28; Lev 9:21, Lev 10:15, Lev 23:11
with the wave: Num 18:18; Lev 7:31, Lev 7:34
and after: Psa 16:10, Psa 16:11; Ecc 9:7; Isa 25:6, Isa 35:10, Isa 53:10-12; Zac 9:15, Zac 9:17, Zac 10:7; Mat 26:29; Mar 14:25; Joh 17:4, Joh 17:5, Joh 19:30; Ti2 4:7, Ti2 4:8
the law: Num 5:29
beside that: Ezr 2:69; Gal 6:6; Heb 13:16
Gen 14:19, Gen 14:20, Gen 24:60, Gen 27:27-29, Gen 28:3, Gen 28:4, Gen 47:7, Gen 47:10, Gen 48:20; Lev 9:22, Lev 9:23; Deu 10:8, Deu 21:5, Deu 33:1; Jos 8:33; Ch1 23:13; Luk 24:50, Luk 24:51; Rom 1:7; Co1 1:3; Co2 13:14; Heb 7:1, Heb 7:7, Heb 11:20, Heb 11:21; Pe1 1:2; Pe2 1:2, Pe2 1:3; Jo2 1:3
The Lord: Rut 2:4; Psa 134:3; Co1 14:16; Eph 6:24; Phi 4:23; Rev 1:4, Rev 1:5
keep thee: Psa 91:11, Psa 121:4-7; Isa 27:3, Isa 42:6; Joh 17:11; Phi 4:7; Th1 5:23; Pe1 1:5; Jde 1:24
The Lord: Psa 21:6, Psa 31:16, Psa 67:1, Psa 80:1-3, Psa 80:7, Psa 80:19, Psa 119:135; Dan 9:17
gracious: Gen 43:29; Exo 33:19; Mal 1:9; Joh 1:17
lift up: Psa 4:6, Psa 42:5, Psa 89:15; Act 2:28
give thee: Psa 29:11; Isa 26:3, Isa 26:12, Isa 57:19; Mic 5:5; Luk 2:14; Joh 14:27, Joh 16:33; Joh 20:21, Joh 20:26; Act 10:36; Rom 5:1, Rom 15:13, Rom 15:33; Eph 2:14-17, Eph 6:23; Phi 4:7; Th2 3:16
put my: Exo 3:13-15, Exo 6:3, Exo 34:5-7; Deu 28:10; Ch2 7:14; Isa 43:7; Jer 14:9; Dan 9:18, Dan 9:19; Mat 28:19
and I will: Num 23:20; Gen 12:2, Gen 12:3, Gen 32:26, Gen 32:29; Ch1 4:10; Psa 5:12, Psa 67:7, Psa 115:12, Psa 115:13; Eph 1:3