“All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long<\/em>” (Numbers 6:5).<\/p><\/blockquote>\nDuring the time a person is under a Nazirite vow, he is not to cut his hair. Most Nazirite vows were limited in their length. People under lifelong vows were rare, such as Samson or John the Baptist. Historically we know the typical vow lasted about a month.<\/p>\n
At the end of the vow, a part of the requirements was to cut off the hair that grew during the vow and offer it to God.<\/p>\n
“Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall bring the offering to the doorway of the tent of meeting. … The Nazirite shall then shave his dedicated head of hair at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and take the dedicated hair of his head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings<\/em>” (Numbers 6:13,18).<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe mention of Paul cutting his hair because of a vow he was keeping (Acts 18:18) would indicate that he was keeping a Nazirite vow and had completed it when he was in Cenchrea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Hi, You had mentioned in your answer to the question as to why Paul shaved his head in Cenchrea recorded in Acts 18:18, that it was because of the Nazarite Vow (Numbers 6:2-21)? The Nazarite Vow does require that “no razor touch your head” (Numbers 6:5). How do you explain this? Thanks Answer: “All…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[882,647],"class_list":["post-21027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-nazirite","tag-vows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51808,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-did-paul-shave-his-head-at-cenchrea-and-not-at-jerusalem-as-was-the-custom\/","url_meta":{"origin":21027,"position":0},"title":"Why did Paul shave his head at Cenchrea and not at Jerusalem as was the custom?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Why did Paul shave his head at Cenchrea and not at Jerusalem as was the custom? Answer: \"Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchrea he had his hair cut,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54866,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/if-paul-thought-long-hair-was-bad-why-did-he-take-a-nazirite-vow\/","url_meta":{"origin":21027,"position":1},"title":"If Paul thought long hair was bad, why did he take a Nazirite vow?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Thanks for the website. I read it all the time. I have a question concerning men and long hair. I know that I Corinthians 11 talks about that. The first part of the chapter is written off by many as cultural, but I disagree with that view; however, in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22017,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-you-tell-me-what-the-vow-was-that-caused-paul-to-cut-his-hair\/","url_meta":{"origin":21027,"position":2},"title":"Can you tell me what the vow was that caused Paul to cut his hair?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Can you tell me what the vow was that caused Paul to cut his hair? Answer: \"So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7955,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/didnt-jesus-have-long-hair\/","url_meta":{"origin":21027,"position":3},"title":"Didn\u2019t Jesus Have Long Hair?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Express an idea often enough and people will assume it is true. The expression can be in the form of words or pictures. Consider the common image of Jesus. Photography did not exist at the time of Christ. 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