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and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
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A Route of Celebration
The verse lists a series of gates and towers, tracing the specific route one of the choirs took along the newly dedicated wall. Commentators explain that this detailed path, which references locations from the rebuilding in Nehemiah 3, highlights the completeness of the work and the comprehensive nature of their celebration.
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19th Century
Anglican
The gate of Ephraim. —Not mentioned in the process of repairing, because it had remained comparatively intact with part of the “br…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And from above the gate of Ephraim The gate which led to the tribe of Ephraim, where that tribe formerly dwelt, see …
Presbyterian
All our cities, all our houses, must have holiness to the Lord written upon them. The believer should undertake nothing that he does not d…
