Today's chapter covers the rules of Nazirite vows, like those that Samson was under which will be covered in the book of Judges. I guess the rules themselves are plain enough, but what I can't gather from the verses is for what reasons someone might put themselves under such a vow. Perhaps it was just if one felt indebted to God - but if there was any further social or religious reasoning it seems to have been left out.
The last part of the chapter is also pretty cool, as it is a blessing the priests were to put on Israel. I didn't know it at the time, but growing up my best friends' family used this blessing as a nighttime prayer - I thought it odd at the time, but in hindsight that was pretty cool.
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Just for kicks, I'd like to point out that John the Baptist was also under a Nazirite vow. As a matter of fact, he was a Nazirite from birth.
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