And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
The Nazarite vow distinguishes those who profess greater strictness and zeal in religion than their neighbors. Some were lifelong Nazarites by divine appointment or parental dedication; this law concerns those who bind themselves voluntarily for a season. A woman might take this vow under the conditions given. These separated ones devoted themselves to the Lord's service, to the study of His law, and to devotion.
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Commenting on Numbers 6:1-21
Num 6:9-11 But if any one died suddenly in a moment “by him” (עליו, in his neighbourhood), and he therefore involuntarily defiled his consecrated head, he was to shave his head on the day of his purification, i.e., on the seventh day (see Num 19:11, Num 19:14, Num 19:16, and Num 19:19), not “because such uncleanness was more especially caught and retained by the hair,”...
Commenting on Numbers 6:9-11
9. And if any man die very suddenly. Here is prescribed what must be done, if a defilement should have been contracted which no precaution could have prevented. If a Nazarite should have willingly and knowingly entered a house of mourning, or should have come near a dead body, his consecration would have been violated not without, sin; but, in the case of a sudden...