And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
The priest shall offer one bird as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, making atonement for the person because they sinned by coming into contact with a dead body. The priest shall consecrate their head again that same day.
This verse describes how a priest helps restore someone's special vow to God after they accidentally became ceremonially unclean by touching a dead body.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the laws governing the Nazirite vow, a special commitment people could make to dedicate themselves to God for a specific period. In ancient Israel, contact with dead bodies made a person ceremonially unclean, which broke the Nazirite's sacred vow and required specific sacrificial rituals to restore their consecrated status.
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