Ezekiel 44:21

No priest may drink wine when he comes to the inner court,

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

In Context

20Also they must neither shave their heads nor allow their hair to hang loosely, but they must trim the hair of their heads.

22nor take a widow or a divorced woman as a wife for himself, but only a virgin from the line of the house of Israel or a widow who was previously married to a priest.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:9“Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, or your sons who remain with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, so you will not die. This will be a permanent statute throughout your people's generations,

1 Timothy 3:8Deacons, likewise, should be dignified, not double-talkers. They should not drink too much wine or be greedy.

Titus 1:7It is necessary for the overseer, as God's household manager, to be blameless. He must not be arrogant, not be easily angered, not addicted to wine, not a brawler, and not a greedy man.

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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