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Sheep-gate

One of the gates of Jerusalem mentioned by Nehemiah (3:1, 32; 12:39). It was in the eastern wall of the city.

In the Bible

4

Verses where Sheep-gate is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 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 3:1

    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 3:32

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

  • 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.

Scripture on Sheep-gate

3

Sheep-gate references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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