Passage Research
Numbers 6 — Sermon Preparation
The Nazirite vow is described — abstaining from wine, avoiding corpses, and not cutting hair — with the rite for completing the vow; the Aaronic blessing is given. Below is a research summary for Numbers 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 27
- verses
- 360 / 134
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 6 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֶזֶר | nezer | H5145 | 13 | set apart, dedication |
| נָזִיר | nâzîyr | H5139 | 6 | separate, consecrated |
| נָזַר | nâzar | H5144 | 5 | hold aloof, abstain |
| רֹאשׁ | rôʼsh | H7218 | 8 | head |
| מַצָּה | matstsâh | H4682 | 5 | sweetness, sweet |
| כֹּהֵן | kôhên | H3548 | 7 | officiating, priest |
| אֶחָד | ʼechâd | H259 | 7 | united, one |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The word Nazarite signifies separation. Some were appointed of God, before their birth, to be Nazarites all their days, as Samson and John the Baptist. But, in general, it was a vow of separation from the world and devotedness to the services of religion, for a limited time, and under certain rules, which any person might make if they pleased. A Nazarite is spoken of as well known; but his obligation is brought to a greater certainty than before. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 6:1–21 (Public Domain)
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