Nehemiah 3:32

Translations

Modern

And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

Traditional

And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

Literal

And between the upper room on the corner, as far as the Gate of the Sheep, the goldsmiths and the merchants strengthened it.

Latin

Et inter cœnaculum anguli in porta gregis, ædificaverunt aurifices et negotiatores.

Original

Hebrew

English

And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

Notes

Nehemiah 3:28–32

This final group of workers completed the repairs at the Sheep Gate, where the work had begun (Nehemiah 3:1).
Horse Gate: See 2 Chronicles 23:15; Jeremiah 31:40.
East Gate: See 1 Chronicles 26:14, 17; 2 Chronicles 31:14; Ezekiel 10:19; 40:21–22.

Nehemiah 3:16–32

These verses describe how they built the new eastern wall.

Nehemiah 3:1–32

This summary describes the people who rebuilt Jerusalem's walls. It moves in a circle around the city, starting at the northeast corner, then going west, south, east, and north.

Theme notes and profiles

Nehemiah Jerusalem Rebuilding of Jerusalem

Related verses

Nehemiah 3:1
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
Nehemiah 12:39
…over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
John 5:2
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
Nehemiah 3:8
Next to them, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. And next to him, Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs. They fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
Nehemiah 3:31
Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.

Places

Sheep Gate: Gate in Jerusalem near the sheep market

Glossary

Benjamin, Gate of Book of Nehemiah Goldsmith Merchant Postexilic Period Sheep Gate

Topics

Commerce: Israelites Jerusalem: Gates of Old Gate, Fish Gate, Sheep Gate, Prison Gate Merchant: General Scriptures Concerning Sheep Gate: An Ancient Gate of Jerusalem

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