Ezekiel 44 · Verse 21

Ezekiel 44:21

Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
Ezekiel 44:21, King James Version

Ezekiel 44:21 in other translations

BSBNo priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
WEBNone of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.
ASVNeither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
YLTAnd no priest doth drink wine in their coming in unto the inner court.
DARBYNeither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court.
BBEThe priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.
WebsterNeither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

What does Ezekiel 44:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. Neither ... wine--lest the holy enthusiasm of their devotion should be mistaken for inebriation, as in Peter's case (Ac 2:13, 15, 18).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Ezekiel 44:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְיַ֥יִןve.Ya.yinand wineH3196
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִשְׁתּ֖וּyish.Tuthey will drinkH8354
כָּל\־kol-anyH3605
כֹּהֵ֑ןko.HenpriestH3548
בְּבוֹאָ֖םbe.vo.'Amwhen come theyH935
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הֶחָצֵ֥רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
הַפְּנִימִֽית\׃ha.pe.ni.Mit<the> innerH6442

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 44:21

  • 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:

  • Titus 1:7-8

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

  • 1 Timothy 3:8

    Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

  • 1 Timothy 5:23

    Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

  • Luke 1:15

    For 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Le 10:9; Lu 1:15; 1Ti 3:8; 5:23; Tit 1:7,8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 44:20

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

  • Ezekiel 44:21

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

  • Ezekiel 44:22

    Neither 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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Ezekiel 44:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y ninguno de los sacerdotes beberá vino cuando hubieren de entrar en el atrio interior.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et aucun sacrificateur ne boira de vin quand il entrera dans le parvis intérieur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und kein Priester soll Wein trinken, wenn sie in den inneren Vorhof gehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et vinum non bibet omnis sacerdos, quando ingressurus est atrium interius.