Nehemiah 3:32
in Nehemiah 3And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
KJV
And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
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This verse in Nehemiah 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate,.... Where the building first began and where it now ended: repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants; or druggists; which was done at their expense; and so the wall all round, with the gates of it, were rebuilt and repaired, which was all done in fifty two days, Neh 6:15.
This site's exposition
From above the horse gate
on Nehemiah 3:28-32
The priests repair every one over against his house, the keeper of the east gate takes his stretch, and the goldsmiths and the merchants carry the wall from the corner back to the sheep gate where verse 1 began: the loop closes, and the map is complete. Guilds and priesthood share one wall, and the last crew named is tradesmen finishing what the high priest started. The chapter that looks like a list is the book's argument in miniature, the whole city building, each at his own place, until the circuit meets itself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They did not think their callings excused them, nor plead that they could not leave their shops to attend the public business, knowing that what they lost would certainly be made up to them by the blessing of God upon their callings. Some ladies are spoken of as helping forward this work-- Shallum and his daughters (
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), and so they brought their work quite round the city. The Rebuilding of the Wall. 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.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The goldsmiths and the merchants - The word הצרפים hatstsorephim may signify smiths, or persons who worked in metals of any kind; but it is generally understood to mean those who worked in gold. I have already observed, that the mention of merchants and goldsmiths shows that these persons were formed into bodies corporate in those ancient times. But these terms are differently rendered in the versions. The Vulgate is the same as ours, which probably our translators copied: aurifices et negociatores. The Syriac is, goldsmiths and druggists. The Arabic, smelters of metal and porters.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבֵ֨ין | uvein | and between | H996 → | |
| עֲלִיַּ֤ת | ʾaliyat | [the] roof-chamber of | H5944 → | |
| הַפִּנָּה֙ | hapinah | the corner | H6438 → | 29 times |
| לְשַׁ֣עַר | leshaar | and [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַצֹּ֔אן | hatzon | the sheep | H6629 → | 274 times |
| הֶחֱזִ֥יקוּ | hecheziku | they repaired | H2388 → | 291 times |
| הַצֹּרְפִ֖ים | hatzorefim | the goldsmiths | H6884 → | |
| וְהָרֹכְלִֽים׃ פ | veharokhelim | and the traders | H7402 → | 17 times |
וּבֵ֨יןand between
uveinH996 →
עֲלִיַּ֤ת[the] roof-chamber of
ʾaliyatH5944 →
הַפִּנָּה֙the corner
hapinahH6438 →29 times
לְשַׁ֣עַרand [the] gate of
leshaarH8179 →374 times
הַצֹּ֔אןthe sheep
hatzonH6629 →274 times
הֶחֱזִ֥יקוּthey repaired
hechezikuH2388 →291 times
הַצֹּרְפִ֖יםthe goldsmiths
hatzorefimH6884 →
וְהָרֹכְלִֽים׃ פand the traders
veharokhelimH7402 →17 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nehemiah 3:1At 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…
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 31:38
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
- John 5:2
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
- Zechariah 14:10
All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the…
- Nehemiah 12:39
Through
Nehemiah 12:39over 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…
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 8:16
And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate…
- Nehemiah 3:6
The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- Nehemiah 3:3
The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- Nehemiah 3:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Nehemiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.