Numbers 6:18
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.
And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,.... The Targum of Jonathan is,
"and the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation without,''
without the tabernacle, the door of it, where the people assembled together; so that this was to be done publicly, that it might be known of all, and no offence taken at the Nazarite's drinking wine, and concerning himself for the dead, and attending funerals, for by this action it was known that his Nazariteship was at an end; and whereas the hair of the Nazarite was consecrated to the Lord by his vow, and this vow being punctually fulfilled, it was sacred, and to be presented to the Lord, and to be of no use and service to himself or others, and therefore to be all clean shaven off; for, as Maimonides {z} says, if two hairs only were left, nothing was done, and the command of shaving not kept:
and shall take the hair of the head of his separation; being cut off and shaved;
and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings; under the pot or cauldron, as the Targum of Jonathan, in which the ram for the peace offerings was boiled: this was done in the court of the women in later times, at the southeast of which was a chamber called the chamber of the Nazarites, where they bailed their peace offerings, and shaved their hair and cast it under the pot {a}; and this might not be put, as before observed, to any other use; if any of it was made use of in a sack that was made of hair cloth, we are told {b} that sack was to be burnt.
{z} Hilchot Nezirut, c. 8. sect. 6.
{a} Misn. Middoth, c. 2. sect. 5. T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 16. 1.
{b} Misn. Orlah, c. 3. sect. 3.