Then I set before the sons of the house of the Rekabites pots full of wine and cups, and I said to them, “Drink wine.”
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted your works.
Go to the house of the Rekabites and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, “Do not prophesy.”
When they come from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other traditions which they have received and observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze vessels and dining couches.
For to this end I also wrote, so that I might know that you are proving yourselves by whether you are being obedient in all things.