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Total Abstinence

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Total abstinence is the disciplined avoidance of intoxicating drink — and, in some scriptures, of richer food — practiced by Israel in the wilderness, by Nazirites such as Samson and the Rechabite clan, by Daniel at the Babylonian court, and by John the Baptist.

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