Conduct Prescribed for Priests

Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying: (A)“Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, 10 that you may (B)distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean, 11 (C)and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.”

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Then the Lord said to Aaron, “You and your sons are not to drink wine(A) or other fermented drink(B) whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance(C) for the generations to come, 10 so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,(D) 11 and so you can teach(E) the Israelites all the decrees the Lord has given them through Moses.(F)

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