Jeremiah 35:10

But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.

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KJV

But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

ASV

but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

YLT

and we dwell in tents, and we hearken, and we do according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us;

DBT

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 we have dwelt in tents,.... Ever since, until very lately, when they had taken up their dwelling in Jerusalem; the reason of which is presently given: and have obeyed, and done according to all Jonadab our father commanded us; and should it be objected, that in one point they had not obeyed, in that they had left their tents, and now dwelt in Jerusalem; they had this to say in answer to it, and as the reason of their so doing, as follows:

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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[Daniel 7:1] "In the first year of Belshazzar, King of Babylon, Daniel beheld a dream. And a vision of his head upon his bed. And when he wrote the dream down, he comprehended it in a few words and gave a brief summary of it, saying..." This section which we now undertake to explain, and also the subsequent section which we are going to discuss, is historically prior to the two previous sections.

Jerome· St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN, 420patristic

They had in their respective generations all of them obeyed the voice of Jonadab their father, had done according to all that he commanded them. They drank no wine, though they dwelt in a country where was plenty of it; their wives and children drank no wine, for those that are temperate themselves should take care that all under their charge should be so too.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Leviticus 23:42
You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
Jeremiah 35:7
Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’
Jeremiah 35:6
“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.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
Date: Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile