Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Do not drink wine nor strong drink - The cabalistical commentator, Baal Hatturim, and others, have supposed, from the introduction of this command here, that Aaron' s sons had sinned through excess of wine, and that they had attempted to celebrate the Divine service in a state of inebriation. Strong drink - The word shechar , from shachar , to inebriate, signifies any kind of fermented liquors. This is exactly the same prohibition that was given in the case of John Baptist, Luke 1:15 : ͅ· Wine and sikera he shall not drink. Any inebriating liquor, says St. Jerome, (Epist. AD nepot)., is called sicera, whether made of corn, apples, honey, dates, or other fruit. One of the four prohibited drinks among the Mohammedans in India is called sakar , (see the Hedaya, vol. iv., p. 158), which signifies inebriating drink in general, but especially date wine or arrack. From the original word probably we have borrowed our term cider or sider, which among us exclusively signifies the fermented juice of apples. See on Luke 1:15 (note).
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Leviticus 10:9:
Numbers 6:3
Numbers 28:7
Deuteronomy 14:26
Luke 1:15
1 Timothy 5:23
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