Numbers 6:3 (GNV)

Passage

He shall abstaine from wine and strong drinke, and shall drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shall drinke any licour of grapes, neither shall eate fresh grapes nor dryed.

Nearby Context

Numbers 6:1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

Numbers 6:2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When a man or a woman doeth separate themselues to vowe a vowe of a Nazarite to separate himselfe vnto the Lord,

Numbers 6:3 He shall abstaine from wine and strong drinke, and shall drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shall drinke any licour of grapes, neither shall eate fresh grapes nor dryed.

Numbers 6:4 As long as his abstinence endureth, shall hee eat nothing that is made of the wine of the vine, neither the kernels, nor the huske.

Numbers 6:5 While hee is separate by his vowe, the rasor shall not come vpon his head, vntill the dayes be out, in the which he separateth him selfe vnto the Lord, he shalbe holy, and shall let the lockes of the heare of his head growe.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "abstaine", "wine", "strong", "drinke", and "sowre". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "abstaine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Speake vnto the children of Israel and..." into verse 4's "As long as his abstinence endureth shall...", so "shall" and "abstaine" 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 "abstaine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.