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Very closely related: How did Numbers 6:9 apply to Samson?
In Judges 13:5, Samson’s mother is told:
You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite,dedicated to God from the womb.
Numbers 6:6:
All the days that [the Nazerite] separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.
However, Samson killed numerous Philistines. For example, in Judges 15:7-8A:
Samson said to them, “Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.” He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them.
How was he able to do this without violating the prohibition against going near a dead body?
The linked Q&A suggests that, for example, perhaps Samson didn’t actually touch the dead bodies due to him using weapons. However, this text seems to be making an even stronger prohibition than just not touching the body. (I actually found the answer to the linked Q&A rather unsatisfying and was hoping that this issue could be fully addressed in terms of this particular text).
So, even if we assume that Samson never actually touched the bodies of those he killed, how was Samson not in violation of the prohibition not to even go near a dead body?