Mix it half and half and you get madness; unmixed—bodily collapse.”8 Here is a pagan saying, “Half and half is madness, and unmixed wine brings death.” Stein also observes that “in several instances in the Old Testament a distinction is made between ‘wine’ and ‘strong drink’ ” (e.g., Lev. 10:8–9). Strong drink is one thing, wine is another thing. The same distinction is made in Deuteronomy 14:26; 29:6; Judges 13:4; and elsewhere. According to the Talmud the “wine” used in the Passover meal was three