Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 73:9

מאי אינו לוקה דאינו נפטר במלקות מכלל דנזיר טמא נפטר במלקות הא קרבן כתיב ביה התם דמייתי קרבן כי היכי דתיחול עליה נזירות בטהרה

Do we infer then that a nazirite who had become unclean is freed by stripes?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And brings no offering.');">²⁵</span> Surely an offering is [specifically] mentioned with reference to him!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. VI, 12: and he shall bring a lamb of the first year for a guilt offering.');">²⁶</span> - There he brings an offering merely in order that his naziriteship should recommence in cleanliness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And not as an atonement for sin.');">²⁷</span> The Scholars told this to Rabbah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The scholars mentioned above who studied the tractate of Shebu'oth in the School of Rabbah told Rabbah of R. Kahana's question.');">²⁸</span>

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