Door of the Sheep
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. Nehemiah 3:1
The sheep gate, where sacrificial lambs were brought toward the temple, is the first gate rebuilt and the only one the priests sanctify. Jesus later healed at the pool by the sheep gate and called Himself the door of the sheep, so the gate quietly points to Him as the way into God's fold.
A readingEchotype_place
- alludes to John 5:2 — the pool of Bethesda by the sheep market (sheep gate), where Jesus healed
- a type of what is in John 10:7-9 — "I am the door of the sheep"