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The feast of tabernacles (hē skēnopēgia). Only New Testament example of this word (skēnē, tent, pēgnumi, to fasten as in Heb 8:2). Technical name of this feast (Deu 16:13; Lev 23:34, Lev 23:43). It began on the 15th of the month Tisri (end of September) and lasted seven days and finally eight days in post-exilic times (Neh 8:18). It was one of the chief feasts of the Jews.