Nazirites were separated to Yahweh’s service and devoted to His holy war. Priests too were “separated” ( nazir , Leviticus 22:2).
But Israel as a whole was a nation of devoted warriors. That is the whole rationale for the laws of cleanliness, that the sons of Israel will be “nazired” from their uncleanness (Leviticus 15:31).
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