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Nehemiah 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Building and Repairing the Wall

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 -

Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they set it apart as holy and made its doors stand. And they set apart as holy [fn]the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:2 - Next to him the men of Jericho built, and next to [fn]them Zaccur the son of Imri built.
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Now the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and made its doors stand with its bolts and bars.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:4 - Next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz made repairs. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel made repairs. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana also made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - Moreover, next to them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not [fn]support the service of their masters.
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Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and made its doors stand with its bolts and its bars.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, [fn]also made repairs for the official seat of the governor of the province beyond the River.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths made repairs. And next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:9 - Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:10 - Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:11 - Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired [fn]another section and the Tower of Furnaces.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:12 - Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
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Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it and made its doors stand with its bolts and its bars, and [fn]one thousand cubits of the wall to the [fn]Dung Gate.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:14 -

Malchijah the son of Rechab, the official of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the [fn]Dung Gate. He built it and made its doors stand with its bolts and its bars.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 -

Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Spring Gate. He built it, covered it and made its doors stand with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at the king’s garden as far as the steps that descend from the city of David.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:16 - After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, official of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as the artificial pool and the house of the mighty men.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:17 - After him the Levites made repairs under Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, the official of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:18 - After him their brothers made repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, the official of the other half of the district of Keilah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the official of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the ascent of the armory at the Angle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him Baruch the son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the Angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21 - After him Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired another section, from the doorway of Eliashib’s house even as far as the end of Eliashib’s house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:22 - After him the priests, the men of the [fn]valley, made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:23 - After [fn]them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house. After [fn]them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24 - After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah as far as the Angle and as far as the corner.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai made repairs in front of the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26 - The temple servants living in Ophel made repairs as far as the front of the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - After [fn]them the Tekoites repaired another section in front of the great projecting tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:28 -

Above the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his house.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:29 - After [fn]them Zadok the son of Immer made repairs in front of his house. And after him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:30 - After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs in front of his own [fn]quarters.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31 - After him Malchijah, [fn]one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, in front of the [fn]Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room of the corner.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - Between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
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Or which was under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province beyond the River, also made repairs
Or which was under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province beyond the River, also made repairs
Or which was under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province beyond the River, also made repairs
Lit a second measure, so in ch
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Approx. 500 yd. or 457 m, a cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
Lit Gate of Ash-heaps
Approx. 500 yd. or 457 m, a cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
Lit Gate of Ash-heaps
Approx. 500 yd. or 457 m, a cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
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Lower Jordan valley; lit circle
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Lower Jordan valley; lit circle
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