Ezekiel 44:21

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No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.

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  • Lev 10:9 : 9 'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This is a permanent statute for all your generations.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
  • 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, and not greedy for dishonest gain.
  • 1 Tim 5:23 : 23 Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
  • Titus 1:7-8 : 7 For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be blameless—not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, and not greedy for dishonest gain. 8 But he must be hospitable, a lover of what is good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

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  • 79%

    22 They must not marry widows or divorced women, but only virgins of Israelite descent or widows who were married to priests.

    23 They are to teach My people the difference between what is holy and what is common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.

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    16 They alone shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall approach My table to serve Me. They will keep My charge.

    17 When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear any wool while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.

    18 They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat.

    19 When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they wore while ministering and leave them in the holy chambers. They are to put on other garments so they do not transmit holiness to the people by their clothing.

    20 They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.

  • 9 'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This is a permanent statute for all your generations.

  • 14 When the priests enter, they must not go out from the holy place to the outer court, but they must leave their garments in which they minister there, for they are holy. They shall wear other garments before they come near to the area accessible to the people.

  • Lev 21:4-7
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    4 He must not defile himself as a chief man among his people, thereby profaning himself.

    5 They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.

    6 They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. They offer the food offerings of the LORD, the bread of their God, and so they must be holy.

    7 They must not marry a woman who is a prostitute or has been profaned, nor may they marry a divorced woman, because priests are holy to their God.

  • Num 6:3-4
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    3 they must abstain from wine and any strong drink. They must not drink vinegar made from wine or vinegar made from strong drink. They must not drink any liquid made from grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins.

    4 For the entire duration of their vow of separation, they must not eat anything from the grapevine—not even the seeds or the skins.

  • 6 Let no one enter the house of the Lord except the priests and those Levites who are serving. They may enter because they are holy, but all the people must keep the Lord's command.

  • Lev 21:10-13
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    10 The high priest, who has the oil of anointing poured on his head and who has been consecrated to wear the sacred garments, must not let his hair become unkempt or tear his clothes.

    11 He must not go near any dead body or make himself unclean, even for his father or his mother.

    12 He must not leave the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

    13 He must marry a woman who is a virgin.

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    13 They shall not come near Me to serve as priests or to come near any of My holy things or the most holy things; they will bear their shame for the abominations they have committed.

    14 I will appoint them as caretakers of the temple to perform all its duties and all that needs to be done within it.

  • 31 The priests must not eat any bird or animal that has died naturally or been torn by wild beasts.

  • 20 But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.

  • 10 No outsider is to eat the holy food. A guest of the priest or a hired servant must not eat the holy food.

  • 9 They no longer drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

  • Jer 35:6-7
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    6 But they said, 'We will not drink wine, for Jonadab, son of Rechab, our ancestor, commanded us, saying: “You and your descendants must never drink wine.”'

    7 'You must not build houses, sow seed, plant vineyards, or own any of these things, but instead, live in tents all your days so that you may live long in the land where you sojourn.'

  • 7 But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Lev 21:22-23
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    22 He may eat the food of his God, both the most holy and the holy,

    23 but he must not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar because he has a defect. He must not profane My sanctuary, for I am the LORD who makes them holy.

  • 15 The priests must not allow the sacred offerings of the people of Israel, which they present to the LORD, to be defiled.

  • 9 You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, nor any burnt or grain offering, nor shall you pour a drink offering on it.

  • Jer 16:7-8
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    7 No one will break bread for the bereaved to comfort them for the dead. Nor will anyone offer them a cup of consolation for their father or mother.

    8 Do not enter a house where feasting is taking place to sit with them, to eat and drink.

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    4 It is not for kings, Lemuel—it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to crave strong drink.

    5 Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

  • 20 When they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a fire offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

  • 11 Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.

  • 12 If a priest's daughter marries someone who is not a priest, she must not eat the sacred contributions from the holy things.

  • 31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

  • 20 Do not be among heavy drinkers of wine or gluttons of meat.

  • 4 They will no longer pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him. Their sacrifices will be like the bread of mourners; all who eat it will become defiled. Their food will only satisfy their own appetite; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

  • 20 The priest shall then wave these as a wave offering before the LORD; they are holy and belong to the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.

  • 22 From now on, the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and die.

  • 15 He must not defile his descendants among his people, because I am the LORD who sanctifies him.

  • 4 Now therefore, be careful! Do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean.

  • 12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Do not prophesy.'

  • 1 The LORD said to Moses, 'Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and tell them: A priest shall not defile himself by coming into contact with a dead person among his people.

  • 25 Priests must not come near a dead person and defile themselves, except for a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or an unmarried sister. For these, they may defile themselves.