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Succoth
(redirected from Feast of Booths)

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Succoth (sŭk`ŏth), in the Bible.

1 City, ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan, by the Jabbok River, where Jacob paused on his return to his native land. Through it Gideon passed in pursuit of the Midianites. It is the modern Tell Deir Alla (Jordan). Psalm 60 refers to the Valley of Succoth.

2 Place, Egypt, where the Israelites made their first camp on their exodus.


Sukkoth, Succoth
an eight-day Jewish harvest festival beginning on Tishri 15, which commemorates the period when the Israelites lived in the wilderness


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The Feast of Booths (Lev 23:33-36, 39-43) was the feast of the harvest and one of three mandatory festivals for every male Jew.
From these pained drought pleas, we move to the confident, joyful worship of the psalmist, thought to be celebrating the October harvest-time Feast of Booths.
 
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