Numbers 6:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵ “ ‘They must not use razors on their heads. They must not cut their hair during the whole time they have set themselves apart to the Lord. They must be holy until that time is over. They must let the hair on their heads grow long.

⁶ “ ‘And they must not go near a dead body during that whole time. ⁷ But what if their father or mother dies? Or what if their brother or sister dies? Then they must not make themselves “unclean” because of them. The hair on their heads shows they are set apart for God.