Nor dared they risk the enervating effect of luxury and dissipation on physical, mental, and spiritual development. They were acquainted with the history of Nadab and Abihu, the record of whose intemperance and its results had been preserved in the parchments of the Pentateuch; and they knew that their own physical and mental power would be injuriously affected by the use of wine.

Hertil kom, at de ikke vovede at svække deres fysiske, forstandsmæssige og åndelige udvikling ved at hengive sig til luksus og udsvævelser. De kendte beretningen om Nadab og Abihu. Disse mænds umådeholdenhed og dens følger stod nedtegnet i Mosebøgernes pergamentruller. De var klar over, at det ville skade både deres legeme og deres forstand, hvis de drak vin.