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Jeremiah 35:10

“But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.”
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8And we have obeyed the voice of our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commanded us. So we have not drunk wine all our lives—neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters.

9Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.

10But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.

11So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”

12Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

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