Then I set before the [a]men of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “(A)Drink wine!” But they said, “We will not drink wine, for (B)Jonadab the son of (C)Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall (D)not drink wine, you or your sons, forever. You shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed nor plant a vineyard, nor [b]own one; but you shall live in (E)tents all your days, so that you may live (F)many days [c]in the land where you (G)live as strangers.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 35:5 Lit sons
  2. Jeremiah 35:7 Lit shall it be to you
  3. Jeremiah 35:7 Lit on the face of the

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