Numbers 6:4 (DRB)

Passage

All the days that they are consecrated to the Lord by vow: they shall eat nothing that cometh of the vineyard, from the raisin even to the kernel.

Nearby Context

Numbers 6:2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When a man, or woman, shall make a vow to be sanctified, and will consecrate themselves to the Lord:

Numbers 6:3 They shall abstain from wine, and from every thing that may make a man drunk. They shall not drink vinegar of wine, or of any other drink, nor any thing that is pressed out of the grape: nor shall they eat grapes either fresh or dried.

Numbers 6:4 All the days that they are consecrated to the Lord by vow: they shall eat nothing that cometh of the vineyard, from the raisin even to the kernel.

Numbers 6:5 All the time of his separation no razor shall pass over his head, until the day be fulfilled of his consecration to the Lord. He shall be holy, and shall let the hair of his head grow.

Numbers 6:6 All the time of his consecration he shall not go in to any dead,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "days", "consecrated", "lord", "shall", "nothing", "cometh", "vineyard", and "raisin". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "days" and "consecrated", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "They shall abstain from wine and from..." into verse 5's "All the time of his separation no...", so "days" and "consecrated" 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 "days" and "consecrated" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.