Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.”

—1 Samuel 1:11 This vow was a part of Hannah’s secret for getting God’s attention. In Hannah’s time, the Hebrew priesthood was corrupt. Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of the high priest, were walking in sin (1 Sam. 2:22–24), and God was preparing to remove the Eli priesthood from Israel. Hannah realized God needed a new priesthood, a true man of God to lead Israel away from apostasy and direct a return to the Torah. Hannah vowed that if God gave her a son, she would in return give God a prophet, a dedicated Nazirite. Numbers 6:2–20 records the Nazirite vow she was making for her unborn son. A Nazirite could not drink wine or strong drink, must avoid dead carcasses, and never cut his hair. After vowing that she would set him apart as a Nazirite, she then made an amazing promise for a barren woman—requesting a firstborn child. Hannah vowed that the child would be “ . . . lent . . . to the LORD; as long as he lives” (1 Sam. 1:28). This meant the boy would be raised around the tabernacle of Moses and never be raised in her own house. This lending principle was Hannah’s third key for gaining God’s attention. Lending unto the Lord After making this promise, she became pregnant and gave birth to a male child named Samuel, which by Hebrew definition