No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.
“Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.
for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
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