Ezekiel 44:21

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20And their heads, shall they not shave, Nor let the hair grow long,— They shall only poll, their heads.

22Neither widow nor divorced woman, shall they take to them to wife,— But, virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, Or a widow who shall be the widow of a priest shall they take.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:9Wine and strong drink, thou mayest not drink,—thou nor thy sons with thee when ye enter into the tent of meeting, so shall ye not die,—an age-abiding statute to your generations;

1 Timothy 3:8Ministers, in the same way,—dignified, not double-tongued, not, to much wine, given, not greedy of base gain,

Titus 1:7For it is needful that the overseer be—unaccusable, as God’s steward, not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not ready to wound, not seeking gain by base means,

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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