The gate for the sheep3 Nehemiah 3:1

The gate for the sheep3 Nehemiah 3:1 Builders of the Wall Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel... As we examine the preparation and the rebuilding of the wall in Jerusalem we understand some very important points about rebuilding the wall in Jerusalem. Among other things that took place the rebuilding of the sheep gate was the first gate to be rebuilt in Jerusalem by the high priests. As we keep in mind that Jesus is the gate for us as his sheep he is our high priest. He needs to be the first and the most important thing in our lives today. The combined book Ezra–Nehemiah of the earliest Christian and Jewish period was known as Ezra and was probably attributed to Ezra himself; according to a rabbinic tradition, however, Nehemiah was the real author but was forbidden to claim authorship because of h
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