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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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

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

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.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:42You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,

Jeremiah 35:7Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

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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