Ezekiel 44:21

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

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:9Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye not die--it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations--

1 Timothy 3:8Helpers likewise, be honorable, not double-tongued, not attending to much wine, not greedy of base gain,

Titus 1:7For the overseer must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-willed, not prone to angry, not a drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain,

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:18-31

Directions Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 574.) 17 And it shall come to pass, 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, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. 18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. 19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court… Read the whole commentary →

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