Ezekiel 44:21

None of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

20“‘“They shall not shave their heads, or allow their locks to grow long. They shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

22They shall not take for their wives a widow, or her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:9“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

1 Timothy 3:8Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

Titus 1:7For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest 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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