Leviticus 10:9 (KJV)

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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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Do not. Nu 6:3 Nu 6:20 Pr 31:4 Pr 31:5 Isa 28:7 Jer 35:5 Jer 35:6 Eze 44:21 Lu 1:15 Eph 5:18 1Ti 3:3 1Ti 3:8 1Ti 5:23 Tit 1:7

it shall be. Le 3:17

strong drink.The Hebrew {shecher,} Arabic {sakar,} or {sukr,} Greek [sikera,] from {shachar,} to inebriate, signifies any kind of fermented and inebriating liquor beside wine. So St. Jerome informs us, that {sicera} in Hebrew denotes any inebriating liquor, whether made of corn, the juice of apples, honey, dates, or any other fruit. These different kinds of liquors are described by Pliny, who calls then {vina factitia}. One of the four prohibited drinks among the Mohammedans in India is called {sakar,} which denotes inebriating liquor in general, but especially date wine.

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