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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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Let not the gates: This is, the gates were not to be opened till sun-rise, and to be shut at sun-set; which is still the custom in many cities of the East. If a traveller arrives after sun-set, he finds the gates shut, and on no consideration will they open them till morning. Neh 13:19; Psa 127:1; Mat 10:16 every one to be: Neh 3:23, Neh 3:28-30 Nehemiah 7:4
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