Jeremiah 35:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“Go to the Rechabite clan and invite them to meet you in one of the side rooms of the temple. When they arrive, offer them a drink of wine.”

Cross References

1 Kings 6:10

Storage rooms just over two metres high were all around the temple, and they were attached to the temple by cedar beams.

1 Kings 6:8

The entrance to the bottom storage rooms was on the south side of the building, and stairs to the other rooms were also there.

1 Chronicles 2:55

Salma was also the ancestor of the clans in Jabez that kept the court and government records; they were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These clans were the descendants of Hammath the Kenite, who was also the ancestor of the Rechabites.

1 Chronicles 23:28

will serve the LORD by helping Aaron's descendants do their work at the temple, by keeping the courtyards and rooms of the temple clean, and by making sure that everything used in worship stays pure.

1 Chronicles 28:12

He gave Solomon his plans for the courtyards and the open areas around the temple, and for the rooms to store the temple treasures and gifts that had been dedicated to God.

1 Chronicles 9:26

The four full-time guards were Levites, and they supervised the other guards and were responsible for the rooms in the temple and the supplies kept there.

1 Chronicles 9:33

The Levite family leaders who were the musicians also lived at the temple. They had no other responsibilities, because they were on duty day and night.

2 Chronicles 3:9

Five hundred and seventy grammes of gold was used to cover the heads of the nails. The walls of the small storage rooms were also covered with gold.

2 Chronicles 31:11

So the king gave orders for storerooms to be built in the temple, and when they were completed,

Ezra 8:29

Be sure to guard them and keep them safe until you reach Jerusalem. Then weigh them inside God's temple in the presence of the chief priests, the Levites, and the heads of the Israelite families.

Nehemiah 13:5

So he let Tobiah live in one of these rooms, where all kinds of things had been stored—the grain offerings, incense, utensils for the temple, as well as the tenth of the grain, wine, and olive oil that had been given for the use of the Levites, singers, and temple guards, and the gifts for the priests.

Jeremiah 35:3

So I went to Jaazaniah, the leader of the clan, and I invited him and all the men of his clan.

Jeremiah 35:4

I brought them into the temple courtyard and took them upstairs to a room belonging to the prophets who were followers of Hanan son of Igdaliah. It was next to a room belonging to some of the officials, and that room was over the one belonging to Maaseiah, a priest who was one of the high officials in the temple.

Jeremiah 35:8

Our clan has always obeyed Jonadab's command. To this very day, we and our wives and sons and daughters don't drink wine or build houses or plant vineyards or crops. And we have lived in tents,

Ezekiel 40:16

The three walls in the guardrooms had small windows in them, just like the ones in the entrance room. The walls along the passageway were decorated with carvings of palm trees.