6. What is the procedure for head-shaving in tumah? He would [be] sprinkled on the third and on the seventh [days], shave [his head] on the seventh, and bring his sacrifices on the eighth. However, if he shaved on the eighth, he brings his sacrifices on that same day; [these are] the words of R’ Akiva. R’ Tarfon said to him: What is [the difference] between this one and a metzora? He said to him: This one’s purification is dependent on his days, while a metzora’s purification depends on his shaving, and he cannot bring a sacrifice unless the sun has set on him.

What is the procedure for head-shaving in taharah? He would bring three animals —- a sin-offering, a burnt-offering, and a peace-offering —- slaughter the peace-offering and shave upon it; [these are] the words of R’ Yehudah. R’ Elazar says: He did not shave [his head] except on [the slaughter of] the sin-offering, because the sin-offering takes precedence on every occasion. However, if he shaved [his head] on any of the three, he has discharged his obligation.

Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: [If] he brought [the] three animals and did not specify —- the one fit for the sin-offering is offered as a sin-offering, [the one fit] for the burnt-offering is offered as a burnt-offering, [and the one fit] for the peace-offering is offered as a peace-offering.  He would take the hair from his head of nezirus and cast it under the pot. If he shaved [his head] in the provinces, he would cast it under the pot. In regard to what was this said? In regard to the head-shaving in taharah. But for the head-shaving in tumah, he did not cast [his hair] under the pot. R’ Meir says: All [nezirim] cast [their hair] under the pot except for one who was tamei [who shaved] in the provinces.

He cooked the peace-offering or overcooked it. The Kohen [then] takes the cooked foreleg of the ram, and one unleavened loaf from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and places [them] on the palms of the nazir and waves them. After this the nazir becomes permitted to drink wine and to become tamei by the dead. R’ Shimon says: Once one of the bloods was thrown for him, the nazir becomes permitted to drink wine and to become tamei from the dead.