¹⁵ for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink,^(A) and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit^(B) even before he is born.^(C)

¹⁸ Do not get drunk on wine,^(A) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,^(B)

¹⁵ But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb^(A) and called me^(B) by his grace, was pleased

⁴ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit^(A) and began to speak in other tongues^[a](B) as the Spirit enabled them.

³³ For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine,^(A) and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

⁴ Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink^(A) and that you do not eat anything unclean.^{(B) 5} You will become pregnant and have a son^(C) whose head is never to be touched by a razor^(D) because the boy is to be a Nazirite,^(E) dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead^(F) in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

⁶ Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God^(G) came to me. He looked like an angel of God,^(H) very awesome.^(I) I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.

² “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to make a special vow^(A), a vow of dedication^(B) to the Lord as a Nazirite,^{(C) 3} they must abstain from wine^(D) and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar^(E) made from wine or other fermented drink. They must not drink grape juice or eat grapes^(F) or raisins. ⁴ As long as they remain under their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.

¹⁴ That day the Lord exalted^(A) Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.