Nehemiah 3:6
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The old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams of it, and set up the doors of it, and the bolts of it, and the bars of it.
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The gates, towers, walls, and nearby towns named in Nehemiah 3 locate Jerusalem’s circuit and identify the communities from which repairers came. In verse 6, the Gate of Yeshanah was one section of this coordinated rebuilding, showing the restored covenant community’s shared responsibility for Jerusalem’s security and worship.
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Nehemiah 3:6 mentions Angle, Beth-haccherem, Beth-zur, Beyond the River, Broad Wall, City of David, Dung Gate, East Gate, Fish Gate, Fountain Gate, Gate of Yeshanah, Gibeon, Horse Gate, Jericho, Jerusalem, Keilah, Meronoth, Mizpah, Muster Gate, Ophel, Sheep Gate, Siloam, Tekoa, Tower of Hananel, Tower of the Hundred, Tower of the Ovens, Valley Gate, Water Gate and Zanoah.
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