Jeremiah 35:6 meaning and explanation
“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.
Jeremiah 35:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah has set pitchers of wine before the Rechabites in a temple chamber, and they answer with a family rule rather than a refusal of his hospitality. Their ancestor Jonadab, a figure from the days of Jehu, had bound his descendants to a simple tent dwelling life, and they had kept that command for generations.
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