Jeremiah 35:10

Instead, we live in tents, and we have been obedient in accord with all that Jonadab, our father, has instructed us.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

9And we do not build houses in which to live. And we do not have vineyard, or field, or seed to sow.

11But when Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had ascended to our land, we said: ‘Come and let us enter into Jerusalem, before the face of the army of the Chaldeans, and before the face of the army of Syria.’ And we have remained in Jerusalem.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42and you shall live under shelters for seven days. All who are of the family of Israel shall dwell in tabernacles,

Jeremiah 35:7And you shall not build houses, and you shall not sow any seeds, and you shall not plant or have vineyards. Instead, you shall live in tents all your days, so that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are sojourners.’

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 35:2-12

The Case of the Rechabites. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord , into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord , into the… Read the whole commentary →

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