Numbers 6:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ “he separates himself from wine and strong drink – he drinks neither vinegar of wine nor vinegar of strong drink, neither does he drink any grape juice, nor eat grapes or raisins.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine or of strong drink, and shall drink no grape juice, or eat grapes, fresh or dried. [Luke 1:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ that person must refrain from wine and brandy. He or she may not drink wine vinegar or brandy vinegar, nor drink any grape juice or eat grapes, whether fresh or dried.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ shall abstain from wine and from anything which is able to inebriate. They shall not drink vinegar made from wine or from any other drink, nor anything pressed from the grape. They shall not eat grapes, neither fresh nor dried.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ They shall abstain from wine, and from every thing that may make a man drunk. They shall not drink vinegar of wine, or of any other drink: nor any thing that is pressed out of the grape. Nor shall they eat grapes either fresh or dried.

Numbers 6:3 Cross References

Leviticus 10:9

Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Appointment, lest you die – a law forever throughout your generations,”

Amos 2:11

“And I raised up some of your sons as prophets, and some of your young men as Nazirites. Not so? O you children of Yisra’ĕl?” declares יהוה.

Amos 2:12

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’

Numbers 6:4

All the days of his separation he does not eat whatever is made of the grapevine, from seed to skin.

Luke 1:15

“For he shall be great before יהוה, and shall drink no wine and strong drink at all. And he shall be filled with the Set-apart Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Luke 21:34

“And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down by gluttony, and drunkenness, and worries of this life, and that day come on you suddenly.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is loose behaviour, but be filled with the Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Keep back from every form of wickedness.

1 Timothy 5:23

No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent ailments.

Hebrews 9:10

only as to foods and drinks, and different washings, and fleshly regulations imposed until a time of setting matters straight.

Judges 13:14

“Let her not eat any food that comes from the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean food. Let her guard all that which I have commanded her.”

Judges 13:4

“And now, please guard, and do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat any unclean food.