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Parapet on a roof

Parapet on a roof

‎In Deut 22:8 it is commanded that a newly-built should have a parapet on the edge of its flat roof as a protecting wall-like barrier, so that nobody could accidentally fall from the roof. Thus this command was the oldest order in the world for preventing accidents. It was a necessary command, because the roof of a house was not only used for storing goods, or for drying flax, but also as a living space.
‎Deut 22:8


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