Leviticus 10:9

WEB

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.

KJV

⁹Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

BSB

⁹“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.

FBV

⁹“You and your descendants must not drink wine or any other alcohol when you go in to the Tent of Meeting, otherwise you will die. This regulation is for all time and for all future generations.

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Extra References

Luke 1:15

¹⁵For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

1 Timothy 3:3

³not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

Ezekiel 44:21

²¹None of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

Titus 1:7

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;

Isaiah 28:7

⁷They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

Ephesians 5:18

¹⁸Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

1 Timothy 3:8

⁸Servants,^[+] in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

Numbers 6:3

³he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

1 Timothy 5:23

²³Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

Hosea 4:11

¹¹Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.