Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




[It is] not for the kings, O Lemuel; drinking wine [is] not for the kings, nor [is] strong drink for rulers. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholStrong DrinkAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsDrunkennessroyaltybeeralcoholism


Then Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, "You and your sons with you may not drink wine or strong drink when you come to [the] tent of assembly, so that you will not die--[it is] a lasting statute for your generations-- and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy, as well as between the unclean and the clean,

he will abstain from wine and fermented drink; he will not drink wine vinegar or vinegar of fermented drink; he will not drink the fruit juice of grapes or eat fresh or dry grapes. All the days of his separation you will not eat from anything that is made from the grapevine, from sour grapes to the skin [of grapes].

And the angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "Let the woman be attentive to all that I said. She should not eat of anything that comes from the vine, or drink wine or strong drink, or eat anything unclean; she should keep all that I commanded."

There were no restrictions on the drinking, for the king had instructed every official of his palace to do as each one pleased. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcohol ConsumptionUnlimitednessNo Compulsion


Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly. {In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.

But they answered, "We will not drink wine, for Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our ancestor, commanded us, {saying}, 'You shall not drink wine, you or your children, {forever}. And you shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed, and you shall not plant a vineyard, and it shall not be for you, but in tents you shall live all your days, so that you may live many days on the surface of the land where you [are] dwelling as aliens.' And we obeyed the voice of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our ancestor, in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

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"The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, that he commanded his descendants to not drink, have been carried out, and they have not drunk until this day, for they have obeyed the command of their ancestor. But {I have spoken to you over and over again}, and you have not listened to me. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceDisobedience, To GodRefusing To HearThose Who Rose EarlySaying RepeatedlyDrinking No WineObeying People

And the priest shall examine the infection on his body's skin, and [if] [the] hair in the infection turns white and the appearance of the infection [is] deeper than his body's skin, it [is] an infectious skin disease, and the priest shall examine it, and he shall declare him unclean. Verse ConceptsHairsThe Hair Of The BodyWhite HairHairAbscess

and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy, as well as between the unclean and the clean, Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfPriests, Function In Ot TimesRitual LawMan DifferentiatingClean And Unclean

And you shall distinguish between the clean and the unclean animal and between the unclean and the clean bird; and you shall not defile yourselves with the animal or with the bird or with anything that moves along the ground that I have set apart for you {as unclean}. Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanAnimals Having A Soul

and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy, as well as between the unclean and the clean, Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfPriests, Function In Ot TimesRitual LawMan DifferentiatingClean And Unclean

Its priests treat my law violently, and they profane my holy objects; they do not distinguish between holy object and what is unholy, or between the clean and the unclean. They do not teach the difference, and they hide their eyes from my Sabbaths, and [so] I am profaned in the midst of them. Verse ConceptsAtonement, in OTHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesUnfaithfulness, To GodCorrupt PriestsClean And UncleanSabbath ViolatedThey Do Not Keep CommandsLack Of Holiness

to distinguish between the unclean and the clean and between the animal that is to be eaten and the animal that must not be eaten.'" Verse ConceptsAnimal LifeMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanFood Defined