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I set jars filled with wine and some cups before the sons of the house of the Rechabites and said to them, ‘Drink wine! ’

But they replied, ‘We do not drink wine, for Jonadab,(A) son of our ancestor Rechab, commanded, “You and your descendants must never drink wine. You must not build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Rather, you must live in tents your whole life, so that you may live a long time on the soil where you stay as a resident foreigner.”(B)

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