Besides the religious nature of this institution, it seems to
   have been partly of a civil and prudential use.  The sobriety
   and temperance which the Nazarites were obliged to observe
   were very conducive to health.  Accordingly, they were
   celebrated for their fair and ruddy complexion; being said to
   be both whiter than milk and more ruddy than rubies (La 4:7);
   the sure signs of a sound and healthy constitution.  It may
   here be observed, that when God intended to raise up Samson,
   by his strength of body, to scourge the enemies of Israel, he
   ordered, that from his infancy he should drink no wine, but
   live by the rule of the Nazarites, because that would greatly
   contribute to make him strong and healthy; intending, after
   nature had done her utmost to form this extraordinary
   instrument of his providence, to supply her defect by his own
   supernatural power.  See Jenning's Jewish Antiquities, B. I.
   c. 8.

  Le 10:9  Jud 13:14  Pr 31:4,5  Jer 35:6-8  Am 2:12  Lu 1:15 
  Lu 7:33,34  21:34  Eph 5:18  1Th 5:22  1Ti 5:23