Nazirite Vow?

Question

says you cant drink alcohol/anything with grape, cant cut your hair and no contact with the dead.. why cant you cut your hair??

Answer 1

This was an old covenant vow, that has since been replaced by the coming of Christ.

In this culture/time long hair was a symbol of strength, and for what ever other reason, God chose this as a symbol of being "set-apart" for him. and a symbol of obedience.

Look at the story of Sampson, and his super strength, and then what happened to him when he disobeyed and got his hair cut off.

now we are in the new covenant, (new testament) and are made clean once and for all through the sacrifice of Christ (if we trust in him)

Now you can go ahead and eat all the grapes, grow your hair, hang out at the morg etc.

These days the only thing that sets you apart as righteous and worthy of God is Jesus Christ.

By the way,,, please pass me the grapes... yum!

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Answer 2

the nazirite adopts 3 elements which set him apart -- grape drinking (socializing), contact with the dead (communal mourning) and hair cutting (social norms for appearance) which affect three areas of the person -- the body, the heart and the soul. The nazirite is making a statement that he is separate from everyone else and this is both good and bad which is why when he is done, he gives a guilt offering as well.

Answer 3

There were two classes of Nazirites: those who volunteered and those who were such by divine appointment. The regulations governing volunteer Nazirites are found in the book of Numbers, chapter 6. Either men or women could take a special vow to Jehovah to live as Nazirites for a period of time. However, if a daughter’s father or a wife’s husband heard the vow and did not approve, he could cancel it.—Nu 30:1-8.

Nazirite “should prove holy by letting the locks of the hair of his head grow,” such serving as a crowning sign by which all could quickly recognize his holy Naziriteship. (Nu 6:5) The same Hebrew word na·zir′ was used in regard to the “unpruned” vines during the sacred Sabbath and Jubilee years. (Le 25:5, 11)

In the Christian congregation the apostle says that a woman’s long hair is given to her instead of a headdress. It is a natural reminder to her that she is in a position different from the man; she should be mindful of her submissive position under God’s arrangement. So such requirements—uncut hair (unnatural for the man), total abstinence from wine as well as the need to be clean and undefiled—impressed on the dedicated Nazirite the importance of self-denial and complete submission to the will of Jehovah.—1Co 11:2-16;