The Feast of Tabernacles was celebrated to commemorate the time when the Hebrews dwelt in tents during their sojourn in the wilderness. While this great festival lasted, the people were required to leave their houses and live in booths made of green branches of pine or myrtle. These leafy structures were sometimes erected on the tops of the houses, and in the streets, but oftener outside the walls of the city, in the valleys and along the hill-sides. Scattered about in every direction, these green camps presented a very picturesque appearance. {2SP 343.4}

Løvsalernes højtid blev fejret for at ihukomme den tid, da hebræerne boede i telte under deres rejse i ørknen. Så længe den store højtid varede, skulle folket forlade deres hjem og bo i hytter, som blev opbyggede af grene af gran- og surutræer samt af myrtetræer. Disse løvhytter byggede på husenes tage og i gaderne; men ofte opførte man dem udenfor stadens mure i dalene og på højene. Adspredte i enhver retning frembød disse grønne hytter et meget malerisk skue.