Numbers 6:3

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“he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.”

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BSBPD

“he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“from wine and strong drink he doth keep separate; vinegar of wine, and vinegar of strong drink he doth not drink, and any juice of grapes he doth not drink, and grapes moist or dry he doth not eat;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 6:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 10:9“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
  2. Judges 13:4Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
  3. Judges 13:14She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
  4. Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
  5. Jeremiah 35:6“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.
  6. Amos 2:12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
  7. Luke 1:15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
  8. Luke 7:33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
  9. Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
  10. Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
  11. 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
  12. 1 Timothy 5:23Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

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