Rebuilding the Wall

Then (A)Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests (B)and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built (C)as far as the Tower of [a]the Hundred, and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of (D)Hananel.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:1 Heb. Hammeah

Builders of the Wall

Eliashib(A) the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt(B) the Sheep Gate.(C) They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel.(D)

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39 (A)and above the Gate of Ephraim, above (B)the Old Gate, above (C)the Fish Gate, (D)the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of [a]the Hundred, as far as (E)the Sheep Gate; and they stopped by (F)the Gate of the Prison.

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  1. Nehemiah 12:39 Heb. Hammeah

39 over the Gate of Ephraim,(A) the Jeshanah[a] Gate,(B) the Fish Gate,(C) the Tower of Hananel(D) and the Tower of the Hundred,(E) as far as the Sheep Gate.(F) At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.

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  1. Nehemiah 12:39 Or Old

38 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that the city shall be built for the Lord (A)from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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38 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this city will be rebuilt(A) for me from the Tower of Hananel(B) to the Corner Gate.(C)

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10 All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. [a]Jerusalem shall be raised up and (A)inhabited in her place from Benjamin’s Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, (B)and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.

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  1. Zechariah 14:10 Lit. She

10 The whole land, from Geba(A) to Rimmon,(B) south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up(C) high from the Benjamin Gate(D) to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate,(E) and from the Tower of Hananel(F) to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place.(G)

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Now there is in Jerusalem (A)by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, [a]Bethesda, having five porches.

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  1. John 5:2 NU Bethzatha

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate(A) a pool, which in Aramaic(B) is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

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  1. John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida

(A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;

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Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;

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28 And one of the sons (A)of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of (B)Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me.

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28 One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib(A) the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat(B) the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.

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32 And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the (A)Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.

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32 and between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate(A) the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

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(A)In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall [a]direct your paths.

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  1. Proverbs 3:6 Or make smooth or straight

in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths(A) straight.[a](B)

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  1. Proverbs 3:6 Or will direct your paths

The Blessedness of Answered Prayer

A Psalm. A Song (A)at the dedication of the house of David.

30 I will extol You, O Lord, for You have (B)lifted me up,
And have not let my foes (C)rejoice over me.

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Psalm 30[a]

A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.[b] Of David.

I will exalt(A) you, Lord,
    for you lifted me out of the depths(B)
    and did not let my enemies gloat over me.(C)

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  1. Psalm 30:1 In Hebrew texts 30:1-12 is numbered 30:2-13.
  2. Psalm 30:1 Title: Or palace

30 Then the priests and Levites (A)purified themselves, and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

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30 When the priests and Levites had purified themselves ceremonially, they purified the people,(A) the gates and the wall.

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List of Returning Exiles

Then it was, when the wall was built and I had (A)hung the doors, when the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

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After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers,(A) the musicians(B) and the Levites(C) were appointed.

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Conspiracy Against Nehemiah

Now it happened (A)when Sanballat, Tobiah, [a]Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (B)(though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates),

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  1. Nehemiah 6:1 Or Gashmu

Further Opposition to the Rebuilding

When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah,(A) Geshem(B) the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates—

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