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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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A shelter, made usually of poles fixed upright in the ground, and covered over with green boughs, Genesis 33:17 . The great feast of tabernacles, or booths, had its name from the circumstance that the Jews were directed by their law to dwell in booths during the seen days of this feast, Leviticus 23:40-42; Nehemiah 8:14 .

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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Booth'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​b/booth.html. 1859.
 
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