Jeremiah 35:6-8
Christian Standard Bible
6 But they replied, “We do not drink wine, for Jonadab,(A) son of our ancestor Rechab, commanded, ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine. 7 You must not build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Rather, you must live in tents your whole life, so you may live a long time on the soil where you stay as a resident alien.’(B) 8 We have obeyed Jonadab, son of our ancestor Rechab, in all he commanded us. So we haven’t drunk wine our whole life—we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters.
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Jeremiah 35:6-8
New King James Version
6 But they said, “We will drink no wine, for (A)Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall drink (B)no wine, you nor your sons, forever. 7 You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, nor have any of these; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, (C)that you may live many days in the land where you are sojourners.’ 8 Thus we have (D)obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
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