2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and you must say to them, ‘In case a man or a woman takes a special vow to live as a Nazʹi·rite*+ to Jehovah,

17 Finally he disclosed to her all his heart+ and said to her: “A razor+ has never come upon my head, because I am a Nazʹi·rite of God from my mother’s belly.+ If I did get shaved, my power also would certainly depart from me, and I should indeed grow weak and become like all other men.”+