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Jeremiah 35:6-8
International Standard Version
Jeremiah 35:6-8
International Standard Version
6 But they said, “We won’t drink wine, because our ancestor, Rechab’s son Jonadab commanded us: ‘You and your descendants are never to drink wine! 7 You aren’t to build houses, you aren’t to sow seeds, and you aren’t to plant vineyards, or own them. Instead, you are to live in tents all your lives,[a] so you will enjoy a long life in the land where you reside.’[b] 8 We have obeyed everything that our ancestor, Rechab’s son Jonadab, commanded us. So we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters have drunk no wine all our lives,[c]
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- Jeremiah 35:7 Lit. your days
- Jeremiah 35:7 I.e. living as resident aliens
- Jeremiah 35:8 Lit. all our days
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