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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  • Ezek 44:22-23
    2 verses
    79%

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

    23They 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.

  • Ezek 44:16-20
    5 verses
    76%

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

    17When 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.

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

    19When 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.

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

  • Lev 10:9
    76%

    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.

  • Ezek 42:14
    76%

    14When 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
    4 verses
    74%

    4He must not defile himself as a chief man among his people, thereby profaning himself.

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

    6They 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.

    7They 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
    2 verses
    73%

    3they 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.

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

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    72%

    6Let 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
    4 verses
    72%

    10The 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.

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

    12He 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.

    13He must marry a woman who is a virgin.

  • Ezek 44:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13They 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.

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

  • Ezek 44:31
    71%

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

  • Num 4:20
    71%

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

  • Lev 22:10
    71%

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

  • Isa 24:9
    71%

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

  • Jer 35:6-7
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    70%

    6But 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.'

  • Isa 28:7
    70%

    7But 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
    2 verses
    70%

    22He may eat the food of his God, both the most holy and the holy,

    23but 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.

  • Lev 22:15
    69%

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

  • Exod 30:9
    69%

    9You 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
    2 verses
    69%

    7No 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.

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

  • Prov 31:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

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

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

  • Exod 30:20
    69%

    20When 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.

  • Hos 4:11
    69%

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

  • Lev 22:12
    68%

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

  • Prov 23:31
    68%

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

  • Prov 23:20
    68%

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

  • Hos 9:4
    68%

    4They 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.

  • Num 6:20
    68%

    20The 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.

  • Num 18:22
    68%

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

  • Lev 21:15
    68%

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

  • Judg 13:4
    68%

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

  • Amos 2:12
    67%

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

  • Lev 21:1
    67%

    1The 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.

  • Ezek 44:25
    67%

    25Priests 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.