KJV King James Version
Do 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:
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Leviticus 10:9
Do 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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“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.
WEB World English Bible
“Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don’t die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:
ASV American Standard Version
Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 10
6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD [is] upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
9 Do 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:
10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it [is] most holy:
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יַ֣יִןH3196 · ya.yinwineוְשֵׁכָ֞רH7941 · she.kharstrong drinkאַל־H408 · alnotתֵּ֣שְׁתְּ׀H8354 · sha.tahto drinkאַתָּ֣ה׀H859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וּבָנֶ֣יךָH1121 · benson: childאִתָּ֗ךְH854 · etwithבְּבֹאֲכֶ֛םH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֹ֥הֶלH168 · o.heltentמוֹעֵ֖דH4150 · mo.edmeeting: time appointedוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתָמֻ֑תוּH4191 · mutto dieחֻקַּ֥תH2708 · chuq.qahstatuteעוֹלָ֖םH5769 · o.lamforever: enduringלְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃H1755 · dorgeneration
Cross-references
Luke 1:15For 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.1 Timothy 3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;Titus 1:7For 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;Ezekiel 44:21Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Isaiah 28:7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.Numbers 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.1 Timothy 3:8Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;1 Timothy 5:23Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.Proverbs 31:4-5[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:Proverbs 20:1Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.Hosea 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.Numbers 6:20And the priest shall wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD: this [is] holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.Jeremiah 35:5-6And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.Leviticus 3:17[It shall be] a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
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