Abarbanel on Torah, Numbers 6:1:1
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Work: Abarbanel on Torah
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Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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...But if someone die upon the nazirite suddenly - meaning to say, in a sudden incident, such as if he was killed or choked in front of him, or if the nazirite entered a tent with a dead body in it, and he did not know - and defiled his head from being a nazirite; then he shall sit in his impurity seven days, and shave the hair of his head on the seventh day when he has already been purified... And on the eighth day, he brings his sacrifice, "and makes atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of a soul" - meaning to say, for that he sinned by reason of a dead soul. Or its understanding …
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- Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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- Public domain
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- eng
- Source language
- eng
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- PARTIAL: all supplied nonempty community English leaves only; many Hebrew sections have no English counterpart.
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- Unverified edition; not Human Sealed
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