Text: Amos 2:12
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 6:2
Subject: frustrating Nazirites
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Amos 2:12 indicts Israel for making the Nazirites drink wine, directly violating the Nazirite vow legislation in Numbers 6:2-4, which prohibits the consecrated person from consuming wine or any grape product (יַיִן וְשֵׁכָר, yayin veshekhar). By forcing Nazirites to break their vow, Israel was actively corrupting the very instruments of holiness God had raised up among them. This act symbolizes Israel's comprehensive rejection of divine institutions: just as they silenced the prophets (Amos 2:12b), they also sabotaged those who embodied radical consecration to Yahweh.
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Text: Numbers 6:2
OT Text Referred to: Amos 2:12
Subject: Nazirite prohibition
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Contrast
Significance: Numbers 6:2 introduces the Nazirite vow (נֶדֶר נָזִיר, neder nazir), a voluntary consecration to the LORD involving abstinence from wine and grape products, not cutting the hair, and avoiding corpse contamination. Amos 2:12 indicts Israel for corrupting this institution: "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Do not prophesy.'" Amos pairs the violation of Nazirite vows with the silencing of prophets as twin examples of Israel's contempt for God's gifts of holiness. By forcing Nazirites to break their Numbers 6 vow, Israel actively undermined the expressions of devotion God had raised up within the community.