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Ezekiel 44:21

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Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
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  1. Leviticus 10:9Rank 1 from verse 21
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    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:

  2. Titus 1:7–8Rank 2 from verse 21
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    7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

    8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

  3. 1 Timothy 3:8Rank 3 from verse 21
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    8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

  4. 1 Timothy 5:23Rank 4 from verse 21
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    23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

  5. Luke 1:15Rank 5 from verse 21
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    15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

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Ezekiel 44:21

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

priest

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One appointed to sacred service, ministering in things pertaining to God or a deity, especially by offering gifts or sacrifices.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wine

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The produce of grapes or other fruit used as a drink.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

enter

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To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

inner

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Interior; farther inward than something else. Interior; internal; not outward.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

court

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An enclosed yard, a royal residence or attendants, or a place of judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

21Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

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22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

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