Numbers 6:2 (LSB)

Passage

“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself as a Nazirite to Yahweh,

Nearby Context

Numbers 6:1 Again Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 6:2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself as a Nazirite to Yahweh,

Numbers 6:3 he shall abstain as a Nazirite from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes.

Numbers 6:4 All the days of his Nazirite vow he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "speak", "sons", "israel", "woman", "makes", "special", "nazirite", and "dedicate". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "speak" and "sons", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Again Yahweh spoke to Moses saying..." into verse 3's "he shall abstain as a Nazirite from...", so "speak" and "sons" 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 "speak" and "sons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.