John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:8
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father ,.... The above was the charge he gave them; and this, in every article of it, they had carefully and constantly kept, though it had been for the space of three hundred years, or thereabout; as follows: in all he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters ; which was the first of the precepts he gave them: and which they were now tempted to disregard, but were resolved to... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:7
Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard , nor have any ,.... That is, they were not to build houses, sow seed, or plant vineyards, for themselves, for their own profit and advantage; nor possess either of these through purchase or gift: all this was enjoined them, partly because they were strangers in the land of Israel, as is suggested in the latter part of the verse, and so were to have no inheritance in it; and partly because the pastoral life was what their... read more