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==The nazirite vow==
 
==The nazirite vow==
 
[http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/num6.html#2 Numbers 6:2-21] gives more detailed instructions, but simply stated, the vow imposed three restrictions upon the nazirite:  
 
[http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/num6.html#2 Numbers 6:2-21] gives more detailed instructions, but simply stated, the vow imposed three restrictions upon the nazirite:  
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*the prohibition of wine, or anything made from grapes<ref>The avoidance of all produce of the vine was such that a Jewish proverb relates "Let the Nazirite go around the vineyard, but let him not approach it."</ref>
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*the prohibition of [[wine]], or anything made from grapes<ref>The avoidance of all produce of the vine was such that a Jewish proverb relates "Let the Nazirite go around the vineyard, but let him not approach it."</ref>
 
*not to cut the hair of the head
 
*not to cut the hair of the head
 
*not to touch the dead, not even the body of their father or mother, and not to be near a place of burial<ref>As with the priesthood, however, a nazirite that finds an unburied corpse is obligated to bury it, even though he will become defiled in the process and have to begin his vow afresh.</ref>
 
*not to touch the dead, not even the body of their father or mother, and not to be near a place of burial<ref>As with the priesthood, however, a nazirite that finds an unburied corpse is obligated to bury it, even though he will become defiled in the process and have to begin his vow afresh.</ref>
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