⁸ Then the Lord said to Aaron, ⁹ “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)”

¹⁹ “‘After the Nazirite has shaved off the hair that symbolizes their dedication, the priest is to place in their hands a boiled shoulder of the ram, and one thick loaf and one thin loaf from the basket, both made without yeast.^{(A) 20} The priest shall then wave these before the Lord as a wave offering;^(B) they are holy^(C) and belong to the priest, together with the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.^(D) After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.^(E)

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.”

²¹ No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.^(A)

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)

² Now the overseer is to be above reproach,^(A) faithful to his wife,^(B) temperate,^(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,^(D) able to teach,^{(E) 3} not given to drunkenness,^(F) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,^(G) not a lover of money.^(H)

⁸ In the same way, deacons^[a](A) are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine,^(B) and not pursuing dishonest gain.