...pots and cups full of wine were set before them, and they were told " Drink ye wine," they answered, "We will drink no wine, for Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our father, so commanded us ; " and they added, that to the present time (300 years after the command had been...

...their usual habit, they pointedly declined in the following terms: — "We will drink no wine: for O Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink uo wine, neither ye, nor your Sons for ever. Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant...

...lineal descendants of the Rechabites, and, like their ancestors, had inviolably obeyed the command, ' Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever : neither shall ye build house, nor plant vineyard, but all your days ye shall dwell in tents.' Their history of themselves and their people,...

...331-5. them. "They are the descendants," he went on to say, " of Jonadab the son of Rechab, who said, ' Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever; neither shall ye build houses, nor sow seed ;' and thus they do. The children of Ishmael curse them, and we bless them. The...

...refuge in the city. During the seige, Jeremiah offered them wine to drink. They refused it, saying: " We will drink no wine; for Jonadab, the son of Rechab,...drink no wine, neither ye nor your sons for ever," &c. Then camo the word of the Lord, reproving Judah, saying, " The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab,...

...goblets full of wine, 6 and cups; and I said to them, Drink wine. But they said, We will not drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall not drink wine, ye, 7 nor your children for ever. Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow seed, nor...

...they said, We will drink no wine: ' for Jonadab die son of Rechab our fadier commanded us, saying, k st prev 7 Neidier shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye...

...mention is made of a tribe called the Rechabites, who, on being solicited to take wine, replied, " We will drink no wine, for Jonadab, the son of Rechab,...drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever." Mahomet, knowing the warm * Carpenter on Alcoholic Liquors. temperament of his countrymen, and the...

...says to them, giving a sort of sanction to the whole by its being done in the house of the Lord, " Drink ye wine ; " but they said, "We will drink no wine, for Jonadab our father commanded us," &c. Yet that they were still free men, and by no means in blind bondage to...

...when they were brought in, Jeremiah set before them pots full of wine, and cups, and said unto them, Drink ye wine. But they said, We will drink no wine,...commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither shall ye build houses, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any, but all your days ye shall...