Sheep gate
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Sheep-gate in the Bible Dictionary
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An ancient gate of Jerusalem
Neh 3:1, 32; 12:39; John 5:2
1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
Nehemiah 3:132 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
Nehemiah 3:3239 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
Nehemiah 12:392 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
John 5:2
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
