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Abstain נָזַר
We are moving into chapter twenty-two of Leviticus with our word for today. נָזַר consecrate oneself to God, desert, deal respectfully, hold oneself back from, proclaim a decree for abstinence, separate, live as a Nazirite. It is used 10 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of to fast, to abstain from certain foods. Zechariah 7:2-5 Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men to entreat the favor of the Lord, saying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I weep and הִנָּזֵ֕ר abstain in the fifth month, as I…
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