Discovery BoxNumbers 6:2 
Context6:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and tell them, ‘When either a man or a woman 1 takes a special vow, 2 to take a vow 3 as a Nazirite, 4 to separate 5 himself to the Lord,
Numbers 22:26
Context22:26 Then the angel of the Lord went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.
Numbers 24:13
Context24:13 ‘If Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond 6 the commandment 7 of the Lord to do either good or evil of my own will, 8 but whatever the Lord tells me I must speak’?
1 tn The formula is used here again: “a man or a woman – when he takes.” The vow is open to both men and women.
2 tn The vow is considered special in view of the use of the verb יַפְלִא (yafli’), the Hiphil imperfect of the verb “to be wonderful, extraordinary.”
3 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct followed by the cognate accusative: “to vow a vow.” This intensifies the idea that the vow is being taken carefully.
4 tn The name of the vow is taken from the verb that follows; נָזַר (nazar) means “to consecrate oneself,” and so the Nazirite is a consecrated one. These are folks who would make a decision to take an oath for a time or for a lifetime to be committed to the
5 tn The form of the verb is an Hiphil infinitive construct, forming the wordplay and explanation for the name Nazirite. The Hiphil is here an internal causative, having the meaning of “consecrate oneself” or just “consecrate to the
6 tn Heb “I am not able to go beyond.”
7 tn Heb “mouth.”
8 tn Heb “from my heart.”
