THE RECHABITES’ EXAMPLE

35 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakimy son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2 “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them,z and bring them to one of the chambersa of the temple of the Lord to offer them a drink of wine.”

3 So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—4 and I brought them into the temple of the Lord to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God,b who had a chamber near the officials’ chamber, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper. 5 I set jars filled with wine and some cups before the sons of the house of the Rechabites and said to them, “Drink wine!”