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Ramban on Numbers 6:11/רמב"ן על במדבר ו׳:י״א

אוְטַעַם הַחַטָּאת שֶׁיַּקְרִיב הַנָּזִיר בְּיוֹם מְלֹאת יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ לֹא נִתְפָּרֵשׁ. וְעַל דֶּרֶךְ הַפְּשָׁט כִּי הָאִישׁ הַזֶּה חוֹטֵא נַפְשׁוֹ בִּמְלֹאת הַנְּזִירוּת, כִּי הוּא עַתָּה נָזוֹר מִקְּדֻשָּׁתוֹ וַעֲבוֹדַת הַשֵּׁם, וְרָאוּי הָיָה לוֹ שֶׁיַּזִּיר לְעוֹלָם וְיַעֲמֹד כָּל יָמָיו נָזִיר וְקָדוֹשׁ לֵאלֹהָיו, כְּעִנְיַן שֶׁאָמַר (עמוס ב יא) ״וָאָקִים מִבְּנֵיכֶם לִנְבִיאִים וּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶם לִנְזִרִים״' הִשְׁוָה אוֹתוֹ הַכָּתוּב לְנָבִיא, וּכְדִכְתִיב (במדבר ו׳:ח׳) ״כָּל יְמֵי נִזְרוֹ קָדוֹשׁ הוּא לַה'״, וְהִנֵּה הוּא צָרִיךְ כַּפָּרָה בְּשׁוּבוֹ לְהִטַּמֵּא בְּתַאֲווֹת הָעוֹלָם:

1AND THE PRIEST SHALL PREPARE ONE FOR A SIN-OFFERING. The reason why a Nazirite must bring a sin-offering when the days of his Naziritehood are fulfilled¹⁰⁵ has not been explained.¹⁰⁶ In accordance with the plain meaning of Scripture, [it is because] this man sins against his soul on the day of completion of his Naziritehood; for until now he was separated in sanctity and the service of G-d, and he should therefore have remained separated forever, continuing all his life consecrated and sanctified to his G-d, as it is said, And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites,¹⁰⁷ where Scripture compares the Nazirite to a prophet, and as it is written, All the days of his Naziritehood he is holy unto the Eternal.¹⁰⁸ Thus [when he completes his Naziritehood and returns to his normal life] he requires atonement, since he goes back to be defiled by [material] desires of the world.