Numbers 6:3
He shall abstaine from wine and strong drinke, and shall drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shall drinke any licour of grapes, neither shall eate fresh grapes nor dryed.
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Judges 13:4And nowe therefore beware that thou drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing.
Proverbs 31:4It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,
Amos 2:12But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commanded the Prophetes, saying, Prophecie not.
Luke 7:33For Iohn Baptist came, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine: and ye say, He hath the deuil.
Ephesians 5:18And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,
1 Timothy 5:23Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomakes sake, and thine often infirmities.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 6:2-22
The Law Concerning Nazarites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord : 3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is… Read the whole commentary →