For he shall be great in the sight of YY , and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with Ruach HaKodesh, even from his mother's womb.
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than Yochanan the immerser: but he that is least in the Kingdom of Elohim is greater than he.
And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
And YY said unto Y'howshu`a, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Yisrael, that they may know that, as I was with Moshe, so I will be with thee.
YY -TZvaot shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
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:
But they said, We will drink no wine: for Nadav the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: