Numbers 6:13

Numbers 6:13 says, And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:  Verse fourteen adds, And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,  Verse fifteen continues, And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.  After completion of the Nazarite vow, there were instructions for sacrifices to be made by the person completing the vow.  They were to bring specific unblemished animals for sin, burnt, and peace sacrifices., as well as unleavened bread and wafers of unleavened bread for their meat and drink offerings.   Having completed a vow to God does not free us from continuing to be a living sacrifice to Him.  Verse sixteen states, And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:  Verse seventeen adds, And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.  The Nazarite did not offer the sacrifices, but brought them to the priest, and the priest offered them to God.  We as followers of Christ cannot offer an acceptable sacrifice to God to redeem us from sin, but we must offer ourselves to Jesus Christ, Who made the sacrifice for us.  Verse eighteen says, And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.  The Nazarite was then to shave his head and burn the hair under the sacrifice of the peace offering.   We are told that a man or a woman could take the Nazarite vow, but all the instructions refer to them as he, but I would think that the rules applied to both.  Verse nineteen adds, And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:  Verse twenty continues, And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wne.  The priest was then to do a wave and heave offering, after which the Nazarite would be free to drink wine once more.  If we have taken a vow to give something up for God for a specified time, and this does not mean something that is a sin, after the time is fulfilled, we are free to start doing whatever it was once again.  Verse twenty-one concludes, This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.  This freed the person from the physical requirements of the vow of the Nazarite, but the spiritual things that were vowed were still in effect.  We may have given up something physical for God today for a specified time,  but completing that time does not free us from continuing to spiritually do what the physical act represents.  Verse twenty-two says, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Verse twenty-three adds, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,   God then spoke to Moses with instructions to Aaron and his sons about how to bless the people of Israel.   We do not have to go to anyone to know how to be blessed by God, but He does use preachers, teachers, and fellow Christians to help us do so.  Verse twenty-four states, The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:  Aaron was to start by saying that the LORD would bless and keep His people, and God will bless and keep His people today if we are faithful to Him.  Verse twenty-five adds, The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:  Aaron was then to tell the people that God would make His face shine on them and be gracious to them.  No matter how much or how little we have materially today, as followers of Christ, God does shine His face on us and is merciful to us everyday.  Verse twenty-six continues, The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. As Aaron told the people then, if we put our faith in Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord,  God will give us peace as long as we are obedient to Him.  Verse twenty-seven concludes, And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.  As Christians, God has put His name on us and will bless us.