DISCOVER BIBLE | THE NAZARITE VOW

1. Introduction

a) The Bible is full of wonderful stories and special truth. What we want to do is to discover the Bible.  

b) Psalm 119:11 says, "Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You." 

c) Nurture and grow your understanding of the Bible as you read and discover the Bible.  

2. The Nazarite Vow

a) Judges 13:2-5 New King James Version (NKJV)

Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean. For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

b) Why this vow? It was the means by which a "lay priesthood" was established.

c) It included...

i) No strong drink.

ii) Hair never to be cut.

iii) Cannot touch a dead body or eat unclean things.

d) Samson repeatedly violated these vows, including eating honey from a carcass of a dead animal. He is  a symbol of those who try to follow God's will without accepting God's values. He is deluded, imprisoned, blinded, degraded, chained, and give a life of drudgery. 

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