Numbers 6:8
What does Numbers 6:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 6:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000All the days of his separation he is holy unto Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901All the days of his separation he is holy unto Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949All the time he is separate he is holy to the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862all days of his separation he <FI>is<Fi> holy to Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890All the days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah.
Context
v.7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation unto God is upon his head.
v.8This passage
v.9And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17
Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
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