ABSTINENCE, TOTAL

FROM INTOXICATING BEVERAGES

Le 10:8-10; Nu 6:3,4; Jud 13:4,13,14; Es 1:8; Pr 23:20,31,32; 31:4; Jer 35:6-8,14; Lu 1:15

INSTANCES OF

Israelites in the wilderness

De 29:6

Samson

Jud 16:17; with 13:3-5,13,14; Nu 6:3,4

Daniel

Da 1:8,12

Rechabites

Jer 35:6-14

John the Baptist

Mt 11:18; Lu 1:15; 7:33

See TEMPERANCE