Jeremiah 35:6-10 - But they replied, "We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jonadab son of Recab gave us this command: 'Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine. Also you must never build houses, sow seed or plant vineyards; you must never have any of these things, but must always live in tents. Then you will live a long time in the land where you are nomads.' We have obeyed everything our forefather Jonadab son of Recab commanded us. Neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters have ever drunk wine or built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields or crops. We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed everything our forefather Jonadab commanded us.
I wonder if people thought the Recabites were a little strange. They didn't do some very common things that pretty much everyone else did.
No drinking
No houses
No farming
Nothing wrong with any of that, but wouldn't you think someone like that was a little strange even today? They don't drink alcohol. They don't owna home. Maybe they move from Motel 8 to Motel 8 because their jobs keep them constantly on the move.
Any one of those traits by itself -- or even two -- isn't so strange, but try to find someone with all three. And whole families for generations besides!
I wonder if any of the Recabites ever wanted to live a more "normal" life.
I'm curious. Could you please tell me what brought you to this page by mentioning it in a comment? I won't publish the comment, if you ask me not to.
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