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Did the Nazarite wow prohibition on cutting one's hair refer only to hair on the scalp or facial hair as well?

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Moses commanded the Israelites in Leviticus 19:

27 Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
For the Israelites, cutting hair on your head was okay. Even shaving their heads was okay. But they were not allowed to shave their mustache or beard except for cleansing lepers (Le 14:9).

Two chapters later, specifically to the priests, Leviticus 21:

5 Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut their bodies.
Priests were not allowed to shave their heads to be bald like the Egpytian priests or today's Buddhist Monks. Presumably, they were allowed to cut their hair when it got too long.

For the Nazirites, Numbers 6:

5 During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor may be used on their head. They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the LORD is over; they must let their hair grow long.
Like the priests, a Nazirite was not allowed to shave their heads. As an Israelite, he was not to cut his beard either.

Did the Nazarite wow prohibition on cutting one's hair refer only to hair on the scalp or also to facial hair?

Strictly speaking, the Nazarite prohibition was cutting hair on his head. However, as an Israelite male, he was not allowed to shave his face either.