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Reference: Battlement

American

A balustrade around the roofs of ancient houses, which were flat, and were much, resorted to for fresh air, amusement, or retirement by day and for sleep at night. The Mosaic law required a battlement for each house, De 22:8.

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Easton

a parapet wall or balustrade surrounding the flat roofs of the houses, required to be built by a special law (De 22:8). In Jer 5:10, it denotes the parapet of a city wall.

Illustration: Battlement on House-Top

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Hastings

Smith

Battlement.

Among the Jews a battlement was required by law to be built upon every house. It consisted of a low wall built around the roofs of the houses to prevent persons from falling off, and sometimes serving as a partition from another building.

De 22:8; Jer 5:10

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