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Primary Verses:
- Num. 6:2-4
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"Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman
shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to
separate themselves unto the LORD:
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. All the days of his
separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine
tree, from the kernels even to the husk."
Supporting Verses:
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Lev. 10:9-11
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"Do
not drink wine nor strong drink, thou,
nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle
of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute
for ever throughout your generations: And that ye may
put difference between holy and unholy, and between
unclean and clean; And that ye may teach the children of
Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto
them by the hand of Moses."
- Prov. 31:4-5
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"It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
it is not for kings
to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the
judgment of any of the afflicted."
- Amos 2:11-12
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"And I raised up of your sons
for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it
not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded
the prophets, saying, Prophesy not."
- Luke 1:13-17
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"But the angel said unto him,
Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy
wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt
call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and
gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he
shall be great in the sight of the Lord,
and shall drink
neither wine nor strong drink; and he
shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his
mother's womb. And many of the children of Israel shall
he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before
him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts
of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to
the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared
for the Lord."
- Luke 7:33-34
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"For John the Baptist came
neither eating bread
nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a
devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and
ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a
friend of publicans and sinners!"
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