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"Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink."
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and I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, which was above* the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the doorkeeper.
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But they said, "We will not drinkwine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, 'You shall not drinkwine, you or your sons, forever*.
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'You shall not build a house, and you shall not sowseed and you shall not plant a vineyard or own one; but in tents you shall dwellall your days, that you may livemanydays in the landwhere* you sojourn.'
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"We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, not to drinkwineall our days, we, our wives, our sons or our daughters,
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"But when Nebuchadnezzarking of Babyloncame up against the land, we said, 'Come and let us go to Jerusalembefore* the army of the Chaldeans and before* the army of the Arameans.' So we have dwelt in Jerusalem."