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Positive Commandment #217 of 613

The nazarite must let his hair grow

Commandment #217a positive obligation from Numbers 6:5, classified under Nazirites in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

'All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

Numbers 6:5

Hebrew

ה כָּל-יְמֵי נֶדֶר נִזְרוֹ, תַּעַר לֹא-יַעֲבֹר עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ: עַד-מְלֹאת הַיָּמִם אֲשֶׁר-יַזִּיר לַיהוָה, קָדֹשׁ יִהְיֶה--גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע, שְׂעַר רֹאשׁוֹ.

Greek (Septuagint)

5 πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς εὐχῆς τοῦ ἁγνισμοῦ ξυρὸν οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ· ἕως ἂν πληρωθῶσιν αἱ ἡμέραι, ὅσας ηὔξατο κυρίῳ, ἅγιος ἔσται τρέφων κόμην τρίχα κεφαλῆς.

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Category
Nazirites
Book
numbers
Chapter
6

Scholarly References

Parashah
Naso
Sefer HaChinuch
#374
Mishneh Torah
PromisesNazarite

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