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As a child he was a "nazirite," meaning that he took vows never to cut his hair or beard, not to drink wine or eat grapes, and not to attend funerals.
Latest Articles 2008
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The Bible relates that she scrupulously observed his nazirite status when he was still in her womb, and she refrained from any fruit of the vine, as the angel had commanded her.
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The fact that the rabbinic sages interpreted similar limitations on the vow of the nazirite when no such limitations were placed biblically (Numbers 6), indicates that they desired to impose male control on this aspect of spiritual expression (Chana Safrai, Mishnah Nazir 11: 9).
Legal-Religious Status of the Female According to Age. leBeit Yoreh 2009
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She did not know that another woman would violate his nazirite restrictions, and that Delilah would cut his hair.
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He took a nazirite vow - foreswearing the fruit of the vine, not until he had done something or other, but until he partakes of it in the kingdom of God.
Archive 2008-03-01 James F. McGrath 2008
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He took a nazirite vow - foreswearing the fruit of the vine, not until he had done something or other, but until he partakes of it in the kingdom of God.
How Much Did Jesus Foresee About His Death? James F. McGrath 2008
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I've heard of nazirite vows, but not a consecrated virgin tradition within Judaism.
Consecration to a Life of Virginity of Women Living in the World. Ann Althouse 2008
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“The nazirite shall shave his/her consecrated hair, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and take the locks of his/her consecrated hair and put them on the fire that is under the sacrifice of well-being.”
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(Numbers 6:18) = upon completing the term of the nazirite vow or upon becoming tamei (ritually unclean)
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“Throughout the term that the nazirite has set apart for God, s/he shall not go in where there is a dead person.”
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