Quick answer
These feast and tithe texts clearly belong on the blessing side of Bible wine language. The key question is what kind of wine fits the holy setting and how the term is functioning in context.
Deuteronomy 12:17 (KJV)
“Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:”
Deuteronomy 14:23 (KJV)
“And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.”
Deuteronomy 14:26 (KJV)
“And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,”
Deuteronomy 16:13 (KJV)
“Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:”
In the wider Bible-wine survey, these passages belong on the blessing side.
What these passages show
These passages are exactly why a one-size-fits-all alcohol definition fails. Holy feast language, firstfruits language, and harvest language have to be read with the Bible’s warning texts and definition evidence.
Read them alongside wine in the Bible, two wines in the Bible, and how is wine defined in the Bible.
Keep these texts together
Keep these passages together with the corn-and-wine blessing texts, the storehouse texts, and the definition pages. They help explain why blessing passages alone cannot settle the question of alcohol endorsement.
Frequently asked questions
Why not treat these verses as instant proof of alcohol endorsement?
Because the word wine still has to be read in its setting, and holy-setting passages should not be forced into conflict with the Bible’s strongest warning passages.
Why group corn, wine, and oil together?
Because that repeated biblical cluster helps define the category as harvest abundance language rather than a modern drinking-culture argument.