Jeremiah 35:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵ I set out some large bowls full of wine together with some cups, and then I said to the Rechabites, “Have some wine!”

⁶ But they answered:

No! The ancestor of our clan, Jonadab son of Rechab,^[a] made a rule that we must obey. He said, “Don't ever drink wine ⁷ or build houses or plant crops and vineyards. Instead, you must always live in tents and move from place to place. If you obey this command, you will live a long time.”