Ezekiel 44:21 “No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.”

Ezekiel 44:21

No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Neither shall any Priest drinke wine when they enter into the inner court.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.

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Cross references

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

Leviticus 10:9 Luke 1:15 1 Timothy 3:8 1 Timothy 5:23 Titus 1:7 Titus 1:8

Leviticus 10:9 · BSB

“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Luke 1:15 · BSB

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.

1 Timothy 3:8 · BSB

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.

1 Timothy 5:23 · BSB

Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

Titus 1:7 · BSB

As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

Titus 1:8 · BSB

Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.

22And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.

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