Jeremiah 35:7
You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, or have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, that you may live many days in the land in which you live as nomads.’
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Genesis 25:27The boys grew. Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
Leviticus 23:42You shall dwell in temporary shelters for seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in temporary shelters,
Jeremiah 35:10but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Ephesians 6:2“Honour your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:
1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
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 →