Numbers 6:6 · KJV
“All the days that he separateth {himself} unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.”
— Numbers 6:6
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth {himself} unto the LORD, he shall be holy, {and} shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God {is} upon his head. {consecration: Heb. separation}
Numbers 6 — Context
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. {separation: or, Nazariteship} {vine...: Heb. vine of the wine}
5All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth {himself} unto the LORD, he shall be holy, {and} shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
6All the days that he separateth {himself} unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God {is} upon his head. {consecration: Heb. separation}
8All the days of his separation he {is} holy unto the LORD.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I {am} the LORD.
Leviticus 21:11
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Jeremiah 16:5-6
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, {even} lovingkindness and mercies. {mourning: or, mourning feast}
Leviticus 21:1-3
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
Numbers 19:11-22
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. {man: Heb. soul of man}
Matthew 8:21-22
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Ezekiel 24:16-18
Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. {run down: Heb. go}
Luke 9:59-60
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.