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Lasting Statutes

Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, “You and your sons with you may not drink wine or[b] strong drink when you come to the tent of assembly, so that[c] you will not die—it is a lasting statute for your[d] generations— 10 and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy,[e] as well as[f] between the unclean and the clean, 11 and to teach the Israelites[g] all the rules that Yahweh has spoken to them through[h] Moses.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 10:8 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 10:9 Or “and”
  3. Leviticus 10:9 Or “and”
  4. Leviticus 10:9 Plural
  5. Leviticus 10:10 Or “the common”
  6. Leviticus 10:10 Or “and”
  7. Leviticus 10:11 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  8. Leviticus 10:11 Literally “by the hand of”

Prohibitions against Drinking Wine

Then the Lord told Aaron, “You and your sons with you are not to drink wine—that is, any intoxicating drink—when you enter the Tent of Meeting. That way, you won’t die. This is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. 10 You are to differentiate between what’s sacred and common and between what’s unclean and clean. 11 You are to teach the Israelis all the statutes that the Lord commanded you by the authority of Moses.”

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