1. Leviticus 10:9 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the penalty for drinking wine and strong drink?

Leviticus 10:9 (ESV)

9 “Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

The disobedience of the priests toward this law incurs the penalty of death. This warning would have been received with undivided attentiveness in light of the disobedience of Nadab and Abihu.