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Numbers 6:7

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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.

Numbers 6:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 6:7

Theological / Devotional

For his father. The same command was applied to the high priest (Lev. 21:11), though not to the priests who assisted him (Lev. 21:1, 2).

The consecration. This refers to his unshorn locks as a royal crown. This very word is translated “crown” in Ex. 29:6; 39:30; Lev. 8:9; 21:12; 2 Sam. 1:10; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Chron. 23:11; Ps. 89:39; 132:18; Prov. 27:24; Zech. 9:16.

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