Then I set cups and pitchers filled with wine in front of the family of Rechab. I said to them, “Drink some wine.”
Go, enjoy eating your food, and drink your wine cheerfully, because God has already accepted what you’ve done.
“Go to the family of Rechab and talk to them. Take them into one of the side rooms in the Lord’s temple, and offer them a drink of wine.”
You made the Nazirites drink wine. You commanded the prophets to stop prophesying.
When they come from the marketplace, they don’t eat unless they have washed first. They have been taught to follow many other rules. For example, they must also wash their cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.)
I had also written to you to test you. I wanted to see if you would be obedient in every way.