Ezekiel 44:21
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No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
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“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.
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
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.
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.