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 .
Although written in 1859 by William Rand, this dictionary of the Bible from the American Tract Society is still relevant today.Wikipedia
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