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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.
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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, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
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But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our fathercommanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sonsforever:
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Neither shall ye buildhouse, nor sowseed, nor plantvineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may livemanydaysin the land where ye be strangers.
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Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;