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18 (A)The Nazirite shall then shave the head of hair for his Nazirite vow at the doorway of the tent of meeting and take the hair of his head of his Nazirite vow and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. 19 (B)And the priest shall take the ram’s shoulder when it has been boiled, and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the [a]hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved the hair of his Nazirite vow. 20 Then the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. It is holy for the priest, together with the breast offered by waving and the thigh offered by [b]raising up; and (C)afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.’

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 6:19 Lit palms
  2. Numbers 6:20 Or heaving up

18 “‘Then at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the Nazirite must shave off the hair that symbolizes their dedication.(A) They are to take the hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship offering.

19 “‘After the Nazirite has shaved off the hair that symbolizes their dedication, the priest is to place in their hands a boiled shoulder of the ram, and one thick loaf and one thin loaf from the basket, both made without yeast.(B) 20 The priest shall then wave these before the Lord as a wave offering;(C) they are holy(D) and belong to the priest, together with the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.(E) After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.(F)

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