Halakhah for Numbers 6:5
כָּל־יְמֵי֙ נֶ֣דֶר נִזְר֔וֹ תַּ֖עַר לֹא־יַעֲבֹ֣ר עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ עַד־מְלֹ֨את הַיָּמִ֜ם אֲשֶׁר־יַזִּ֤יר לַיהוָה֙ קָדֹ֣שׁ יִהְיֶ֔ה גַּדֵּ֥ל פֶּ֖רַע שְׂעַ֥ר רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃
All the days of his vow of Naziriteship there shall no razor come upon his head; until the days be fulfilled, in which he consecrateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
Sefer HaChinukh
That the nazirite not shave his hair: That the nazirite not shave his hair, all of the days of his naziriteness, as it is stated (Numbers 6:5) "a razor shall not pass over his head."
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Sefer HaChinukh
The commandment of growing the hair of the nazirite: That the nazirite - who is the person who separated himself from wine - is commanded to let his head hair grow for all the days of his naziriteness for God, as it states (Numbers 6:5), "he shall grow the locks of his head." And the language of Mekhilta (Sifra Zuta on Numbers 6:5) is "'He shall grow the hair' is a positive commandment. From where [do I know there is also a] negative commandment? Hence, it teaches to say 'a blade shall not pass over his head.'"
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