Numbers 6:7 (DRB)

Passage

Neither shall he make himself unclean, even for his father, or for his mother, or for his brother, or for his sister, when they die, because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

Nearby Context

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,

Numbers 6:7 Neither shall he make himself unclean, even for his father, or for his mother, or for his brother, or for his sister, when they die, because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

Numbers 6:8 All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.

Numbers 6:9 But if any man die suddenly before him: the head of his consecration shall be defiled: and he shall shave it forthwith on the same day of his purification, and again on the seventh day.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neither", "shall", "make", "himself", "unclean", "even", "father", and "mother". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neither" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "All the time of his consecration he..." into verse 8's "All the days of his separation he...", so "neither" and "shall" 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 "neither" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.