One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Ephraim Gate. Every Ephraim Gate in the Bible
place
Ephraim Gate
אֶפְרַ֫יִם
The Ephraim Gate, a gate in Jerusalem's wall that was rebuilt during Nehemiah's time and used for public gatherings and proce∟ssions.
- verses
- 2
- first named
- Nehemiah 8:16
- last named
- Nehemiah 12:39
- feature
- gate
Description
Ephraim Gate in the text
The Ephraim Gate is mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah as one of the gates in Jerusalem's wall that was rebuilt and dedicated during Nehemiah's governorship (Nehemiah 8:16; 12:39). After the Babylonian exile, Nehemiah led the effort to reconstruct the city walls and gates, which had been destroyed by the Babylonians.
In Nehemiah 8:16, the Ephraim Gate is mentioned as one of the locations where the people gathered to hear Ezra read the Book of the Law during the Feast of Tabernacles. The public reading of the Law was an important event in the spiritual renewal of the Jewish community after their return from exile.
Nehemiah 12:39 describes a dedication ceremony for the rebuilt wall, during which two processions of singers and musicians marched along the top of the wall in opposite directions, meeting at the Ephraim Gate before proceeding to the Temple.
The Ephraim Gate's location is not specified, but it was likely on the north side of the city, facing toward the territory of Ephraim. Its inclusion in these events highlights its significance as a public gathering place and a symbol of Jerusalem's restoration and spiritual renewal under Nehemiah's leadership.
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Stands in the same events as
- Fish Gate1 event
- Sheep Gate1 event
- Tower of Hananel1 event
- Tower of the Hundred1 event
- Yeshanah Gate1 event
The pattern
Where Ephraim Gate is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
2 verses across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in Nehemiah (2).
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 1 book.
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