Ezekiel 44:21

American Standard Version (1901)

Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 10:9 : 9 Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
  • 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 Deacons in like manner [must be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
  • 1 Tim 5:23 : 23 Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
  • Titus 1:7-8 : 7 For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; 8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 44:22-23
    2 verses
    79%

    22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.

    23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

  • Ezek 44:16-20
    5 verses
    76%

    16they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

    17And it shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

    18They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with [anything that causeth] sweat.

    19And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people with their garments.

    20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

  • Lev 10:9
    76%

    9Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

  • Ezek 42:14
    76%

    14When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertaineth to the people.

  • Lev 21:4-7
    4 verses
    74%

    4He shall not defile himself, [being] a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

    5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

    6They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

    7They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

  • Num 6:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

    4All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grape-vine, from the kernels even to the husk.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    72%

    6But let none come into the house of Jehovah, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah.

  • Lev 21:10-13
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    72%

    10And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes;

    11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

    12neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah.

    13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

  • Ezek 44:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

    14Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

  • Ezek 44:31
    71%

    31The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.

  • Num 4:20
    71%

    20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

  • Lev 22:10
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    10There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest's, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  • Isa 24:9
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    9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

  • Jer 35:6-7
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    70%

    6But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever:

    7neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.

  • Isa 28:7
    70%

    7And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Lev 21:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:

    23only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

  • Lev 22:15
    69%

    15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah,

  • Exod 30:9
    69%

    9Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering; and ye shall pour no drink-offering thereon.

  • Jer 16:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

    8And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

  • Prov 31:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes [to say], Where is strong drink?

    5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.

  • Exod 30:20
    69%

    20when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

  • Hos 4:11
    69%

    11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

  • Lev 22:12
    68%

    12And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.

  • Prov 23:31
    68%

    31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:

  • Prov 23:20
    68%

    20Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

  • Hos 9:4
    68%

    4They shall not pour out wine-[ offerings] to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.

  • Num 6:20
    68%

    20and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave- thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

  • Num 18:22
    68%

    22And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

  • Lev 21:15
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    15And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

  • Judg 13:4
    68%

    4Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

  • Amos 2:12
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    12But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

  • Lev 21:1
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    1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;

  • Ezek 44:25
    67%

    25And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.