Negative Commandment #321 of 613

A priest must not enter the Temple intoxicated

Leviticus 10:9 · Levites & Priests

Scripture

"Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die--it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations--

Leviticus 10:9

Hebrew

ט יַיִן וְשֵׁכָר אַל-תֵּשְׁתְּ אַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ אִתָּךְ, בְּבֹאֲכֶם אֶל-אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד--וְלֹא תָמֻתוּ: חֻקַּת עוֹלָם, לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם.

Greek (Septuagint)

9 Οἶνον καὶ σικερα οὐ πίεσθε, σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου μετὰ σοῦ, ἡνίκα ἂν εἰσπορεύησθε εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου, ἢ προσπορευομένων ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνητε (νόμιμον αἰώνιον εἰς τὰς γενεὰς ὑμῶν)

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
10

Scholarly References

Parashah
Shemini
Sefer HaChinuch
#152
Mishneh Torah
ServiceEntry into the Temple

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