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Numbers 6:3

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He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
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  1. Luke 1:15Rank 1 from verse 3
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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.

  2. 1 Timothy 5:23Rank 2 from verse 3
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    23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

  3. Amos 2:12Rank 3 from verse 3
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    12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

  4. Ephesians 5:18Rank 4 from verse 3
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    18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

  5. Judges 13:14Rank 5 from verse 3
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    14She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

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Numbers 6:3

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

separate

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1. To divide, part, distinguish, set apart, withdraw, remove, or place at a distance. 2. Set apart or distinct from.

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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

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strong

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Having great power, might, firmness, courage, capacity, influence, defence, health, intensity, or ability to act, endure, resist, overcome, or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

vinegar

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A sour acidic liquid produced by the souring or acetous fermentation of wine or another drink.

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

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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

eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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dried

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of dry, meaning to become or make free from moisture.

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

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6:1AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

6:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord:

6:3He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

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6:4All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

6:5All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

6:6All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.

6:7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

6:8All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.

6:9And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

6:10And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

6:11And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

6:12And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

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