“This is the law of the nazirite who vows, his offering to the Lord for his naziriteship, besides what he can afford; in accordance with his vow that he vows, so he shall perform with the law of his naziriteship” (Numbers 6:21). “This is the law of the nazirite…” I have only for the present, from where is it derived for the generations that this matter will be practiced in Shilo and in the eternal Temple?
The verse states: “The law.” Will the nazirite offering be, perhaps, in practice, even on improvised altars? The verse states: “This.”143“This” is a restrictive term, excluding improvised altars. “His offering to the Lord for his naziriteship,” but not his naziriteship for his offering.144The order is naziriteship, followed by offering.
“His offering to the Lord for his naziriteship,” just as one is liable for misappropriation of an offering, so, too, one is liable for misappropriation of the hair. “Besides what he can afford,” is [being] a nazirite contingent on what he can afford? How so? “His offering to the Lord for his naziriteship” – where he separated from his own.
“Besides what he can afford” – where others separated for him so he could gain atonement with their gift. “In accordance with his vow that he vows.” From where do you say that if one said: ‘I am a nazirite in order to shave over one hundred burnt offerings and over one hundred peace offerings’ that he is obligated to bring them all? The verse states: “In accordance with his vow.”
Or, even if he said: ‘I am a nazirite in order to shave over one hundred sin offerings and over one hundred guilt offerings’ that he would be obligated to bring them? The verse states: “That he vows.” I said only regarding consecrated items that come as vows or gift offerings, excluding sin offerings and guilt offerings that do not come as vows or gift offerings. “So he shall perform with the law of his naziriteship.”
Or, even if he said: ‘I am a nazirite on condition that I can drink wine and become impure to corpses,’ do I read in his regard: “In accordance with his vow”? The verse states: “So he shall perform with the law of his naziriteship.” Or, even if he said: ‘Five naziriteships are incumbent upon me that I will shave one shave that will be effective for all of them,’ do I read in his regard: “In accordance with his vow”?
The verse states: “So he shall perform with the law of his naziriteship.”145In both cases, once he takes a vow of naziriteship, all the details of the laws of naziriteship take effect upon him.