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.
Numbers 21:18 - New International Version (Anglicised) about the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank – the nobles with sceptres and staffs.’ Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The princes digged the well, The nobles of the people digged it, By the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The fountain that the princes opened, that the nobles of the people hollowed out from their staves. And from the wilderness or desert [Israel journeyed] to Mattanah, American Standard Version (1901) The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah; Common English Bible The well that the officials dug, that the officials of the people hollowed out with the ruler’s scepter and their staffs.” They marched from the desert to Mattanah; Catholic Public Domain Version "The well, the leaders dug it, and the commanders of the multitude prepared it, at the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staffs." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staves. And they marched from the wilderness to Mathana. |
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.
The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
But you stay here with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws that you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.’
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you – who are you to judge your neighbour?