Jeremiah 35:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 I set before the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups, and said to them, “Drink some wine.”
6 “We do not drink wine,” they said to me; “Jonadab,[a] Rechab’s son, our father, commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your children shall ever drink wine.(A) 7 Build no house and sow no seed; do not plant vineyards or own any. You must dwell in tents all your lives, so that you may live long on the land where you live as resident aliens.’
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- 35:6 Jonadab: another spelling of Jehonadab, a contemporary of King Jehu; cf. 2 Kgs 10:15–17.
Jeremiah 35:5-7
New International Version
5 Then I set bowls full of wine and some cups before the Rekabites and said to them, “Drink some wine.”
6 But they replied, “We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jehonadab[a](A) son of Rekab gave us this command: ‘Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine.(B) 7 Also you must never build houses, sow seed or plant vineyards; you must never have any of these things, but must always live in tents.(C) Then you will live a long time in the land(D) where you are nomads.’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 35:6 Hebrew Jonadab, a variant of Jehonadab; here and often in this chapter
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