Leviticus 10:9
Wine or strong drink shalt thou not drink, neither thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
8And the Lord spoke unto Aaron, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 27:21In the tabernacle of the congregation, without the vail, which is before the testimony, shall Aaron with his sons arrange it [for] from the evening to the morning, before the Lord; as a statute for ever unto their generations, on behalf of the children of Israel.
Numbers 6:3Then shall he abstain from wine and strong drink, vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink shall he not drink, and any infusion of grapes shall he not drink, and grapes, fresh or dried, shall he not eat.
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is noisy; and whosoever indulgeth therein will never be wise.
Isaiah 28:7But these also are now stumbling through wine, and reeling through strong drink: priest and prophet are stumbling through strong drink, they are overpowered with wine, they reel through strong drink; they stumble in [divine] vision, they are unsteady in giving judgment.
Ezekiel 44:21And wine shall none of the priests drink when they enter into the inner court.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 10:9-12
Cautions for the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 8 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. Aaron having been very… Read the whole commentary →