Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
The courts
The street of the water gate
General references
Bible References
The roof
Deuteronomy 22:8
“When you build a new house, you shall make a railing (parapet) around your [flat] roof, so that you do not bring the guilt of [innocent] blood on your house if someone falls from it.
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his couch and was walking on the [flat] roof of the king’s palace, and from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very beautiful in appearance.
Jeremiah 19:13
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like this place, Topheth, all the houses on whose rooftops incense has been burned to all the host of heaven (sun, moon, stars), and where drink offerings have been poured out to other gods.”’”
Jeremiah 32:29
The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in and set this city on fire and burn it, along with the houses on whose roofs incense has been offered to Baal and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
The courts
2 Chronicles 20:5
Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord in front of the new courtyard,
2 Chronicles 33:5
He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
The street of the water gate
Nehemiah 8:3
Then he read from it, in front of the open square which was in front of the Water Gate, from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and women, those who could understand; and all the people listened carefully to the Book of the Law.
Nehemiah 3:26
The temple servants were living in Ophel [the hill south of the temple], and they made repairs as far as the front of the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.
Nehemiah 12:37
At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the City of David by the stairway of the wall above David’s house to the Water Gate on the east.
General references
Leviticus 23:42
You shall live in booths (temporary shelters) for seven days; all native-born in Israel shall live in booths,
John 7:2
Now the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) was approaching.