21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.
21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
21 No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.
21 "No priest is to drink on the job - no wine while in the inside courtyard.
21 No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.
21 The priests must not drink wine before entering the inner courtyard.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 44:21
Chapter Summary
This chapter contains ordinances relative to the true priests. The prince evidently means Christ, and the words in verse 2, may remind us that no other can enter heaven, the true sanctuary, as Christ did; namely, by virtue of his own excellency, and his personal holiness, righteousness, and strength. He who is the Brightness of Jehovah's glory entered by his own holiness; but that way is shut to the whole human race, and we all must enter as sinners, by faith in his blood, and by the power of his grace.