Ezequiel 44:21

21 Los sacerdotes no beberán vino antes de entrar al atrio interior.

Ezequiel 44:21 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 44:21

Neither shall any priest drink wine
That is, to excess, immoderately, so as to be inebriated with it, ( Leviticus 10:9-11 ) , should not be given to it, and greedy of it, and drink it so as to disguise themselves: this is reckoned among the qualifications of a Gospel minister, ( 1 Timothy 3:3 ) , otherwise it is not forbidden good men, or ministers of the word, to drink wine, for health's sake, and for the refreshment of nature, provided it is done in moderation, ( 1 Timothy 5:23 ) , and particularly care should be taken that they drink it in such a manner, when they enter into the inner court:
to attend divine service, since immoderate drinking affects the memory; and such may forget the law and doctrines of the Lord they are to deliver or hear; and may put them upon saying and doing that which is improper and indecent: drunkenness in any Christian professor is abominable, especially in a minister of the word; and when it appears in his ministration, it is scandalous to the last degree.

Ezequiel 44:21 In-Context

19 Cuando regresen al atrio exterior donde está el pueblo, tendrán que quitarse la ropa que usaron mientras me sirvieron. Dejarán esa ropa en las habitaciones sagradas y se cambiarán, a fin de no poner a nadie en peligro al transmitirle santidad con esa ropa.

20 »”No se raparán la cabeza ni se dejarán crecer demasiado el cabello, sino que deberán recortárselo con frecuencia.

21 Los sacerdotes no beberán vino antes de entrar al atrio interior.

22 Podrán casarse únicamente con una virgen de Israel o con la viuda de un sacerdote. No podrán casarse con otras viudas ni con mujeres divorciadas.

23 Enseñarán a mi pueblo la diferencia entre lo santo y lo común, entre lo ceremonialmente puro y lo impuro.