Numbers - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 133

sug:·u·; nor shall he drink may decoc- tion of intoxicating berries, or c0¤— sumc cakes of those berries, or their tion he shall not consume anything which is made from the vine plant, powder. During the days of dedica-

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22 26 28 theiwoma.n)--‘ then may the EVER- Lxvmc make you a curse and impre- cation among your relatives! May the EVER-LIVING make your thigh to rot and your belly to swell, and may this water of cursing become in your bowels as rottenness to the bowels, and as swelling to your thigh! (Then the woman shall say) 'So let it be! So let it be! ‘The priest shall afterwards write

these curses on a tablet, and wash them oil with the bitter water, and the woman shall drink the water of the bitter curses, and swallow the water of the bitter curses. I`hen the priest shall take from

the hand of the woman the Gift of jealousy, and wave the Gift before the Evan-uvmo, and offer it upon the altar. The priest shall also take a handful from the remembrance, and cause it to be burnt at the altar, and after that the woman shall drink the water, and the water drunk shall if she has been corrupted, and has

dishonoured her husband---then be- come a bitter curse, and swell her belly, and rot her thigh, and the woman shall be a curse in the circle of her relatives. But if the woman has not defiled

herself, and is pure, then she shall be free from them, and be conceiving children. ‘ These are the laws about the sus-

picion that a woman has turned from her husband and degraded herself; or for a man when there passes over him the breath of suspicion, and he suspects his wife, and brings her be- fore the Ev12R—1.1vmc. The priest shall proceed towards them according to this enactment, and free the hus- band from his passion, and thus con- tinue the woman’s marriage rights. Zan: nf §l.a;aritz Quinn. The Evan-axviws also spoke to Moses commanding; ‘ Speak to the children of Israel

and say that a man or woman may dedicate themselves by a vow. The N azarite by separation to the EVER- LIVING shall not consume grapes or sugar; fermented grapes or fermented from its roots toits skins. Nor during the period of his dedication shall a razor be passed over his head, until he has completed the time for which he dedicated himself to the EVER- LIVING. The flowing locks of the hair of his head shall be sacred to the Evan-uvxuo. Nor shall he, during the whole period of his dedication to the EvER·LxviNG, approach to a dead body ; nor defile himself for his father or his mother, or his brother, or his sister, if they die; for the dedication to his GOD is upon his head. All the period of his dedication he is sacred to the EvER~LxviNG. Even if anyone shall die near him suddenly, that incident will defxle the dedication of his head. To purify himself he shall shave his head on the same day, and it shall be shaven again on the seventh day; and on the eighth day heshall bring two turtle-doves or two young pigeons to the priest, at the doorof the Hall of Assembly, and the priest shall use one of them fora sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and expiate for him about the deiilement of his_ body, and his head shall be sanctified in that day. But he shall separate himself anew for his dedica= tion to the EVER-LIvING,and bring a he lamb of one year as a trespass- odering, for the previous period has failed by a defect in his separation. !O II I2

Rain uf Qinlzauz frnm Qlaguritzlyunb. ‘And these are the rules for the

Nazarite, at the day when he com- pletes the period of his separation he shall come to the door of the Hall of Assembly, and present as his gift to the»Eva1z-Lrvmo a perfect he lamb of the year for a burnt-offering; and a perfect ewe lamb of the year for a trespass-offering; and a perfect ram fora peace-offering; and a basket of cakes of flour mixed with oil; with their food and drink offerings, and the priest shall oder them before the Even-mvmo, and make the sin- offering, and the burnt-offering. But of the ram he shall make a sacrifice of thanks tothe Evan-uvms with the basket of cakes, and the priest shall also offer the food-offering, and the drinleoffering. He shall then shave the Nazarite

at the door of the Hall of Assembly, at the end of his dedication, and take the hair- of his head that he had dedicated and put it upon the nre 16 18