◄ Jeremiah 35:10 ►
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New Revised Standard Version
but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed and done all that our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.

New American Bible
We live in tents, doing everything our father Jonadab commanded us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

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But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

Context
The Obedience of the Rechabites
…9Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed: 10But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.11But when Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came up to our land, we said: Come, let us go into Jerusalem from the face of the army of the Chaldeans, and from the face of the army of Syria: and we have remained in Jerusalem.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 35:6
And they answered : We will not drink wine: because Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying: You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your children, for ever:

Jeremiah 35:7
Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.

Jeremiah 35:9
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