²⁴ Take these men, join in their purification rites^(A) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.^(B) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.

¹¹ The priest is to offer one as a sin offering^[a](A) and the other as a burnt offering^(B) to make atonement^(C) for the Nazirite because they sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same day they are to consecrate their head again.

¹² They must rededicate themselves to the Lord for the same period of dedication and must bring a year-old male lamb^(A) as a guilt offering.^(B) The previous days do not count, because they became defiled during their period of dedication.