Numbers 6:2

“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, etc.] Whom the following law only concerned, and not Gentiles; so runs the Jewish canon, “the Gentiles have no Nazariteship, though they may bring their vows and freewill offerings as an Israelite, yet if they vow the vow of a Nazarite, the law of the Nazarite is not obliging on them, or they bound by it; but it is free for them to drink wine, and defile themselves for the dead; for it is written, “speak unto the children of Israel” f61:” when either man or woman shall separate [themselves] to vow a vow of a Nazarite; or “do a wonderful thing” f62; something unusual and uncommon, and what is out of the way of the men of the world, who…”

“The law of the Nazarite is appropriately added to other enactments which concern the sanctity of the holy nation. That sanctity found its highest expression in the Nazarite vow, which was the voluntary adoption for a time of obligations to high and strict modes of self-dedication resembling, and indeed in some particulars exceeding, those under which the priests were placed. The present enactments do not institute a new kind of observance, but only regulate one already familiar to the Israelites Numbers 6:2. Numbers 6:2 A Nazarite - Strictly, Nazirite. This term signifies “separated” i. e., as the words following show, “unto God.” It became a technical term at an early date; compare Judges…”

“Man or woman - For both sexes might make this vow, if they were free and at their own disposal: otherwise their parents or husbands could disannul the vow. A vow of a Nazarite - Whereby they sequestered themselves from worldly employments and enjoyments, that they might entirely consecrate themselves to God's service, and this either for their whole lifetime, or for a less and limited space of time. Numbers 6:3”

“6:2 Nazirite: The Hebrew term nazir is derived from a verb that means “to separate.””

“When: Num 6:5, Num 6:6; Exo 33:16; Lev 20:26; Pro 18:1; Rom 1:1; Co2 6:16; Gal 1:15; Heb 7:27 separate themselves: The word yaphli, rendered "shall separate themselves," signifies, "the doing of something extraordinary," and is the same word as is used concerning the making a singular vow. ( Lev 27:2); it seems to convey the idea of a person's acting from extraordinary zeal for God and religion. to vow: Lev 27:2; Jdg 13:5; Sa1 1:28; Amo 2:11, Amo 2:12; Luk 1:15; Act 21:23, Act 21:24 to separate themselves: or, to make themselves Nazarites, Lahazzir, from nazar, to be separate; hence nazir, a Nazarite, i.e., a person separated; one peculiarly devoted to the service of God by being separated…”