King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 35:10
“But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 35
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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;
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Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
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But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
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But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
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Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
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