1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,800
Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible

2
00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,160
in a year.

3
00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:12,480
Yesterday we heard about the census of the Levites and how they were divided in terms

4
00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:17,080
of where they were to camp and the division of labor and the tasks that they were assigned

5
00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:19,120
in the service of the tabernacle.

6
00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,960
And today we're going to hear about the law of the Nazirite and what that means for the

7
00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,280
person who is vowed to become a Nazirite.

8
00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,120
Alright, let's begin.

9
00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:31,600
Today's reading is from Numbers chapters 5 and 6.

10
00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:32,920
Chapter 5

11
00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:34,920
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

12
00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,840
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone

13
00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,280
who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.

14
00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,720
You shall put out both male and female.

15
00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:50,360
You shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps, in the midst

16
00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:51,520
of which I dwell.

17
00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,560
And the children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp.

18
00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,840
As the Lord spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did.

19
00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,920
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

20
00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:01,360
Speak to the children of Israel.

21
00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:06,640
When a man or woman commits any sin, that men commit an unfaithfulness against the Lord,

22
00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,720
and that person is guilty, then he shall confess the sin which he has committed.

23
00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:15,440
He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one fifth of it, and give it

24
00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,160
to the one he has wronged.

25
00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:22,360
But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution

26
00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:27,760
for the wrong must go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to the ram of the atonement

27
00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,260
with which atonement is made for him.

28
00:01:30,260 --> 00:01:34,400
Every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel which they bring to the

29
00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,380
priest shall be his.

30
00:01:36,380 --> 00:01:39,560
And every man's holy things shall be his.

31
00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,600
Whatever any man gives to the priest shall be his.

32
00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,720
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

33
00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:46,920
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them,

34
00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:51,620
If any man's wife goes astray, and behaves unfaithfully toward him, and a man lies with

35
00:01:51,620 --> 00:01:56,620
her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and it is concealed that she

36
00:01:56,620 --> 00:02:01,840
has defiled herself, and there was no witness against her, nor was she caught.

37
00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:06,280
If the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife, who has defiled

38
00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:11,640
herself, or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife,

39
00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:16,480
although she has not defiled herself, then the man shall bring his wife to the priest.

40
00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:21,400
He shall bring the offering required for her, one tenth of an effah of barley meal.

41
00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:27,160
He shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy,

42
00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:31,120
an offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance.

43
00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,440
And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord.

44
00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,540
The priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is

45
00:02:38,540 --> 00:02:41,540
on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

46
00:02:41,540 --> 00:02:45,720
Then the priest shall stand the woman before the Lord, uncover the woman's head, and put

47
00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,920
the offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy.

48
00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:53,560
Then the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse.

49
00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:58,000
And the priest shall put her under oath, and say to the woman, if no man has lain with

50
00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:04,040
you, and if you have not gone astray to uncleanness while under your husband's authority, be free

51
00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,560
from this bitter water that brings a curse.

52
00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,720
But if you have gone astray while under your husband's authority, and if you have defiled

53
00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:15,160
yourself and some man other than your husband has lain with you, then the priest shall

54
00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,720
put the woman under the oath of the curse.

55
00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:22,640
And he shall say to the woman, the Lord make you a curse, and an oath among your people,

56
00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:27,360
when the Lord makes your thigh rot, and your belly swell, and may this water that causes

57
00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:32,120
the curse to go into your stomach, and make your belly swell, and your thigh rot.

58
00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,860
Then the woman shall say, Amin, so be it.

59
00:03:34,860 --> 00:03:38,320
Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall scrape them off into

60
00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:39,480
the bitter water.

61
00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,940
And he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that

62
00:03:42,940 --> 00:03:45,880
brings the curse shall enter her to become bitter.

63
00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,240
Then the priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman's hand, shall

64
00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,480
waive the offering before the Lord, and bring it to the altar.

65
00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,600
And the priest shall take a handful of the offering as its memorial portion, burn it

66
00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,260
on the altar, and afterward make the woman drink the water.

67
00:04:00,260 --> 00:04:03,280
When he has made her drink the water, then it shall be.

68
00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:08,480
If she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, that the water that brings

69
00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:13,720
a curse will enter her and become bitter, and her belly will swell, her thigh will rot,

70
00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,200
and the woman will become a curse among her people.

71
00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,720
But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and may conceive

72
00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,040
children.

73
00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:26,240
This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband's authority, goes

74
00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,360
astray and defiles herself.

75
00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,400
Or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man, and he becomes jealous of his wife,

76
00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,520
then he shall stand the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute all this law

77
00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:37,760
upon her.

78
00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:42,800
Then the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her guilt.

79
00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,100
Number 6 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak

80
00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:50,360
to the children of Israel, and say to them, When either a man or woman consecrates an

81
00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:54,840
offering to take the vow of a Nazarite, to separate himself to the Lord, he shall separate

82
00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:57,480
himself from wine and similar drink.

83
00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:02,840
He shall drink neither vinegar made from wine, nor vinegar made from similar drink.

84
00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:07,280
Neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.

85
00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:11,400
All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine

86
00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,320
from seed to skin.

87
00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,720
All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head until the

88
00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,300
days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord.

89
00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:22,840
He shall be holy.

90
00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:25,820
Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

91
00:05:25,820 --> 00:05:30,420
All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.

92
00:05:30,420 --> 00:05:34,600
He shall not make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his brother

93
00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:39,880
or his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.

94
00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,280
All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.

95
00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:48,000
And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then

96
00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,840
he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing.

97
00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:53,120
On the seventh day he shall shave it.

98
00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:57,700
Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle doves or two young pigeons to the priest,

99
00:05:57,700 --> 00:05:59,720
to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

100
00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,080
And the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make

101
00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,880
atonement for him because he sinned in regard to the corpse.

102
00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,720
And he shall sanctify his head that same day.

103
00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:15,520
He shall consecrate to the Lord the days of his separation and bring a male lamb in its

104
00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,040
first year as a trespass offering.

105
00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,520
But the former days shall be lost because his separation was defiled.

106
00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,600
Now this is the law of the Nazarite.

107
00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,040
When the days of his separation are fulfilled he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle

108
00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,240
of meeting.

109
00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:35,120
And he shall present his offering to the Lord one male lamb in its first year without blemish

110
00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:40,320
as a burnt offering, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish as a sin offering, one

111
00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:46,200
ram without blemish as a peace offering, a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine

112
00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:51,920
flour mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their grain offering with their

113
00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:53,440
drink offering.

114
00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,960
Then the priest shall bring them before the Lord and offer his sin offering and his burnt

115
00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,040
offering.

116
00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:03,280
And he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord with the basket

117
00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:04,600
of unleavened bread.

118
00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,000
The priest shall also offer its grain offering and its drink offering.

119
00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,200
Then the Nazarite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting

120
00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,720
and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire which is under

121
00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,240
the sacrifice of the peace offering.

122
00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,800
And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket

123
00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,100
and one unleavened wafer, and put them upon the hands of the Nazarite after he has shaved

124
00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:30,600
his consecrated hair.

125
00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,980
And the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.

126
00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:38,120
They are holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh

127
00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:42,700
of the heave offering, after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

128
00:07:42,700 --> 00:07:47,160
This is the law of the Nazarite who vows to the Lord the offering of his separation and

129
00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:52,000
besides that whatever else his hand is able to provide, according to the vow which he

130
00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,620
takes so he must do according to the law of his separation.

131
00:07:56,620 --> 00:08:01,360
And the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the

132
00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,740
way you should bless the children of Israel.

133
00:08:03,740 --> 00:08:06,700
Say to them, The Lord bless you and keep you.

134
00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:10,280
The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.

135
00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:14,000
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

136
00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:23,000
So they shall put my name on the children of Israel and I will bless them.

137
00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,620
I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did and I look forward to seeing you

138
00:08:26,620 --> 00:08:28,640
again tomorrow to continue on our journey.

139
00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:38,880
God bless you and have a great day.