“‘All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled in which he separates himself to the LORD. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Grow. At the commencement, and at the end of the Nazariteship, the hair was cut; though perhaps a sort of crown was left at the top of the head, as the 7th verse may be rendered, “the crown of his God,” and so forth Calmet.—The Nazarite is under the same regulations with the high priest, with respect to any corpse, verse 6. Maimon. More, p. 3. Leviticus 21:11. Both were consecrated to God in the most perfect manner. Menochius.—When the hair of Samson was cut off, he immediately lost his supernatural strength. Judith 16.