Ezekiel 44:21
No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
In Context
20They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:9“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
1 Timothy 3:8Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
Titus 1:7As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
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 →