Nazarites
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897)
FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.
- Persons separated to the service of God
- DIFFERENT KINDS OF
. From the womb
. By a particular vow
- Required to be holy
- Esteemed pure
- PROHIBITED FROM
. Wine or strong drink
. Grapes or anything made from the vine
. Cutting or shaving the head
. Defiling themselves by the dead
- Raised up for good of the nation
- Ungodly Jews tried to corrupt
- DEFILED DURING VOW
. To shave the head the seventh day
. To bring two turtle doves for a burnt offering
. To recompense their vow with a trespass offering
- ON COMPLETION OF VOW
. To be brought to tabernacle door
. To offer sacrifices
. To shave their heads
. To have the left shoulder of the ram of the peace offering
waved upon their hands by the priest
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
. Christ
. Saints