Again, the lesson is apparent from this chapter that if a man or woman agreed to devote,
  or separate themselves to God, it HAD to be on God's terms.  There was no half measures,
  or do-it-your-way for a Nazarite vow.  The Hebrew word is the word elsewhere
  translated as "separate".  The long hair would be an outward reminder that the person
  had agreed to be separate from the rest, and to be tied to God.

6         The law of the Nazarite placed quite sever constraints upon anyone who made such a vow. One has to ask ‘Why would a man or woman make such a vow as it was voluntary?’  The reason is that Israel has lost it’s close relationship with God when they made the golden calf. The law of the Nazarite was a means whereby a man or woman – who was wiling to accept the constraints laid upon the priest – could restore, to some extent, that lost fellowship. For a woman, for example, who was unclean every month, the law of the Nazarite would supersede the cleanliness law. Whereas she would be ceremonially unclean her Nazarite vow would allow her that close fellowship which a faithful woman would desire. So rather than using her ‘uncleanness’ as a reason for not going to he meeting she could use the Nazarite vow as a means whereby she could continue attending ‘the meeting’.

It is interesting that both for the man & for the woman, the command is to grow the hair, and not cut it at all. Presumably the style for women at that time was aready to have long hair, so how was there a distinction (besides of course the other differentiation of no fermented drink/no defilement by dead body)? The way that men of that era are portrayed is also with long hair, so, again, how was the distinction made?

The language of this chapter is very similar to that of 1Cor 11:3-16. references to hair, head, shaving the head, man & woman.

6:25-26 The words ‘face’ and ‘countenance’ are the same Hebrew word <06440> however God is not saying the same things twice. There are two aspects in this area of the blessing. The first is fellowship with God and the second is blessing from Him.

6:9    The idea of the defiling of the head when the vow is broken is the basis for Paul’s comment in 1Cor 11:4,5

6:9 The fact that a Nazarite could be defiled by someone who dies ‘suddenly’ by him indicates that separation to God – that is a life in Christ – can be compromised by external circumstances. That is even when we have the best of motives we can be led astray by events and circumstances that come upon us. This highlights the need for constant vigilance in our work in Christ.

6:19-20 Often under the law the priest hands the sacrifice to the offerer who then gives it back to the priest to offer. Our ability to offer ourselves to God as a living sacrifice – Rom 12:1-2 – is a consequence of the fact that our high priest (Jesus) has already taken an offering to God. He gives us the example in his life which we offer back to God. Thus the law of Moses highlights that God has made our offering possible through the work of Jesus.

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3:4  That keeping the commandments brings favour’ is seen in the life of Samuel – 1Sam 2:26 and Jesus – Luke 2:52.

v 9,10 is echoed by Jesus' parable of the rich fool in Luke 12:16-21. In Proverbs we are given the right attitude to have.

This chapter mentions various parts of the body - neck, heart, bones, eyes, foot, hand. And we take the lesson that Paul elucidates. The proper functioning of the Body requires the wisdom from God, that we trust in God & lean not to our own understanding, that love & faithfulness are an integral part & bind the Body together - that we have the mind of Christ.

3:12 In saying the God created the world ‘by wisdom’ the Proverb is echoing the words of Psa 136:5

3:1 The conjunction of ‘forget not’ and ‘heart keep’ shows that keeping the commandments of God is not simply a mater of, in a legalistic way, doing what the commandments require. Rather the remembrance of those commandments should motivate the ‘heart’ to observe them.

3:3 In speaking of ‘binding’ mercy and truth on the son we learn the full significance of Deut 6:2 where Israel were to ‘bind’ the law on their fingers. Whilst the Jews saw this to be fulfilled literally Proverbs teaches that the principle is to let the law of God govern the heart.

3:2 The promise that keeping the law will bring ‘length of days’ echoes the law of Moses in Exo 20:12

V.26-30 Why did Jesus select Noah and Lot as examples of men who took heed? The fact remains that both did take heed to the warning. Noah built the ark. Lot when ordered to leave Sodom, did so, even with a degree of hesitancy (Gen 19:16). While these two men made the necessary preparations in obedience to God's commands, the multidudes perished, when sudden destruction overtook them. We are warned that it will be the same on the day of Jesus's coming, when he is revealed in all his glory. We can not say we have not been warned..

V.18 It is not how much one has been given that is the important thing, but what we have done with that which we have been given. In this account the Samaritan though less enlightened, used that which he had been given to a greater advantage.

17:5-6  Whilst the disciples ask Jesus to increase their faith Jesus does not tell them how to do it, rather he simply gives them an example of what larger faith would be able to do.

v 1,2 It is interesting that Jesus states that it is (often) people that cause others to stumble. No mention of a supernatural Satan here.

v 3-5 In this passage, the disciples would seem to ask for their faith to be increased in response to Jesus' teaching about forgiveness. Forgiveness is definitely something we need faith for, as we need to trust that the other person will fall within the judgement of God, who knows the heart. It is not up to us to do the judging, especially if the person says they are repentant. Faith also means that we understand that God forgives us, and therefore that we forgive our brother.

v 27,29,30,37 here Jesus talks about the last times, when he returns, and uses examples of God's previous judgements to illustrate this. v37 tells us that where the body (of Israel) is, there the eagles (nations) will congregate Deut 28:49 - this time not just one eagle nation, but several.

V.12-19 - Is there any significance to there being 10 men at least one of whom was not a Jew? Perhaps "10" refers to grace or mercy to both Jew and Gentile 2X5=10 (5 being a number often associated with "grace or mercy")  or perhaps the number 10 stands alone and signifies the perfection of divine order. It implies nothing is wanting and that the whole cycle is complete. Ten nations imply the whole of nations which are to be the scene of Abraham's covenant possessions (Gen 15:19-21). 

Some of the above has been gleaned from "The Miraculous Significance of Numbers and Colors as they appear in the Holy Scriptures" by M. Stewart, p.41.

17:12  The lepers who were ‘afar off’ under the law of Moses were outside the camp. They were, so to speak, alienated from God. Jesus’ work remedied that. They moved from being alienated from God to being close to Him in fellowship. This is what is to happen to ‘all Israel’ when they turn to Jesus and recognise him as their Messiah.

17:20Jesus has already twice (10:9, 11:20) told the people that the Kingdom of God had come nigh them. Now he tells the Pharisees, his critics, that it is not a matter of simply looking for a physical kingdom – remember they were looking for a conqueror to overcome the Romans – rather it is a way of thinking.

Luke 17:30,34-36 - In bed suggests night, grinding and in the field suggest day. The Bible suggests one part of the earth to be day while another part night. The concept of day and night at the same time but in different places is in harmony with the rotation of the earth and time zones - a concept that wasn't understood by science till much later.