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Nehemiah 3:32
And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator documents the sequential wall repairs under Nehemiah’s supervision, addressing the community at the moment of cataloging construction progress between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate.
The words — הַצֹּרְפִים (ha./tzo.re.Fim) translates literally as the goldsmiths, and הָרֹכְלִים (ha./ro.khe.Lim) means the traders or merchants.
The thread — The Sheep Gate marks the reconstruction’s starting point (Nehemiah 3:1), reappears in the dedication procession (Nehemiah 12:39), and is identified by John as the location of the Bethesda pool (John 5:2).
Why it lands — The text assigns a specific wall section to non-priestly workers, requiring the reader to recognize that the restoration project depended on the labor of everyday tradesmen rather than elite leadership alone.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
Cross-references
- 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 of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
- 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 the Guard.
- John 5:2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
- Nehemiah 3:8 Next to them, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. And next to him, Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs. They fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
- Nehemiah 3:31 Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.