Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
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John 7:2
Now it was almost time for the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles [Note: This was also called "Festival of Shelters," and was one of three principal, annual Jewish festivals and commemorated the occasion of the Israelites living in tents or shelters during their forty year wandering in the desert].