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Battlement

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: B By: James P. Boyd

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The barrier around the flat-roofed houses of the East (Deut. 22:8⁸When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. (Deuteronomy 22:8); Jer. 5:10¹⁰Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's. (Jeremiah 5:10)).

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