Ezekiel 44:21

And no priest doth drink wine in their coming in unto the inner court.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.

22And a widow and divorced woman they do not take to them for wives: but — virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, and the widow who is widow of a priest, do they take.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:9'Wine and strong drink thou dost not drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, in your going in unto the tent of meeting, and ye die not — a statute age-during to your generations;

1 Timothy 3:8Ministrants — in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

Titus 1:7for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

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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