Numbers 6:18 (DRB)

Passage

Then shall the hair of the consecration of the Nazarite, be shaved off before the door of the tabernacle of the covenant: and he shall take his hair, and lay it upon the fire, which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

Nearby Context

Numbers 6:16 And the priest shall present them before the Lord, and shall offer both the sin offering and the holocaust.

Numbers 6:17 But the ram he shall immolate for a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord, offering at the same time the basket of unleavened bread, and the libations that are due by custom.

Numbers 6:18 Then shall the hair of the consecration of the Nazarite, be shaved off before the door of the tabernacle of the covenant: and he shall take his hair, and lay it upon the fire, which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

Numbers 6:19 And shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and he shall deliver them into the hands of the Nazarite, after his head is shaven.

Numbers 6:20 And receiving them again from him, he shall elevate them in the sight of the Lord: and they being sanctified shall belong to the priest, as the breast, which was commanded to be separated, and the shoulder. After this the Nazarite may drink wine.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "hair", "consecration", "nazarite", "shaved", "before", "door", and "tabernacle". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "hair", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "But the ram he shall immolate for..." into verse 19's "And shall take the boiled shoulder of...", so "shall" and "hair" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "hair" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.