Numbers 6:4

Numbers 6:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
• New International Version (NIV)As long as they remain under their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.

Context of Numbers 6:4

2“Say to the sons of Israel, ‘When a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, that is, one separated and dedicated to the Lord, 3he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes. All the time of his separation he shall not eat anything produced from the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins. 5‘All the time of the vow of his separation no razor shall be used on his head. Until the time of his separation to the Lord is completed, he shall be holy, and shall let the hair of his head grow long. 6‘All the time that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.

Numbers 6:4 word by word

כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י נִזְר֑וֹ מִכֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵעָשֶׂ֜ה מִגֶּ֣פֶן הַיַּ֗יִן מֵחַרְצַנִּ֛ים וְעַד־זָ֖ג לֹ֥א יֹאכֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of his separationנֵ֫זֶרnezer nêzer · consecration: Nazirite vowH5145
• shall he eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• nothing that is madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• of the vineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• treeגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
• from the kernelsחַרְצַנִּיםchartsan · grape-kernelsH2785
• even to the huskזָגzâg · skinH2085

Commentaries on Numbers 6:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-21Verses 1-21 The law of the Nazarite is appropriately added to other enactments which concern the sanctity of the holy nation. That sanctity found its highest expression in the Nazarite vow, which was the voluntary adoption for a time of obligations to high and strict modes of self-dedication resembling, and indeed in some particulars exceeding, those under which the priests were placed. The present enactments do not institute a new kind of observance, but…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The law required priests to avoid drinking wine before serving in the Tent of Meeting (Leviticus 10:9). The Nazirite vow allowed non-Levites to extend this rule. They avoided wine everywhere, at all times, and anything from a grapevine.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-222-8. When either man or woman ... shall vow a vow of a Nazarite--that is, "a separated one," from a Hebrew word, "to separate." It was used to designate a class of persons who, under the impulse of extraordinary piety and with a view to higher degrees of religious improvement, voluntarily renounced the occupations and pleasures of the world to dedicate themselves unreservedly to the divine service. The vow might be taken by either sex, provided they had…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 6:4

• Abstinence, Total
• Fraternity
• Grape
• Husk
• Nazarite
• Prohibition

In the dictionaries

• Husk
• John the Baptist
• Nazarite
• Port
• Samson
• Separation
• Shave
• Sinai
• Wine
• Wise

Commentaries on Numbers 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings