Jeremiah 35:10

But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done in accordance with all that Jonadab our father commanded 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 not to build houses for our dwelling: and we never had any vineyard, or field, or seed;

11But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go into Jerusalem because of the army of the Chaldeans, and because of the army of the Syrians; and so we dwell at Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42In booths shall ye dwell seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths.

Jeremiah 35:7Nor shall ye build any house, nor sow seed, nor plant a vineyard, nor have [any such]; but in tents shall ye dwell all your days, in order that ye may live many days on the face of the land where ye may sojourn.

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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