Jeremiah 35:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for [a]Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, [b]Ye shall drink no wine, neither you nor your sons forever.
7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any, but all your days ye shall dwell in tents, that ye may live a long time in the land where ye be strangers.
8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father, in all that he hath charged us, and we drink no wine all our days, neither we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters.
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- Jeremiah 35:6 Whom Jehu the King of Israel favored for his zeal, 2 Kings 10:15.
- Jeremiah 35:6 Teaching them hereby to flee all occasion of intemperancy, ambition and avarice, and that they might know that they were strangers in the earth, and be ready to depart at all occasions.
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