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, then you shall make a guard rail for your roof, so that you do not bring blood on your house, if one falls from it.
2 Samuel 11:2
And it happened one evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing. And the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Jeremiah 19:13
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be as defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of the heavens, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
Jeremiah 32:29
And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come up and set this city on fire, and burn it with the houses on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger.
The courts
2 Chronicles 20:5
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court,
2 Chronicles 33:5
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
The street of the water gate
Nehemiah 8:3
And he read in it before the street in front of the Water Gate from the morning until noon, in front of the men and the women, and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people listened to the Book of the Law.
Nehemiah 3:26
And the temple-slaves who lived in Ophel repaired across from the Water Gate toward the east, and the tower that sticks out.
Nehemiah 12:37
And at the Fountain Gate, across from them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even to the Water Gate eastward.
General references
Leviticus 23:42
You shall live in booths seven days. All that are born Israelites shall live in booths,
John 7:2
And the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.