Ezekiel 44:21

And no priest shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20They shall neither shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall shear their heads.

22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, or her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the race of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 3:8Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,

Titus 1:7For a bishop must be without reproach, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, 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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