Neh 3:1 | NETfull | STEP | Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

Nehemiah 3:1

1 Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues ^{▼▼ Heb “his brothers the priests.”} arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated ^{▼▼ Or “consecrated” (so NASB, NRSV); KJV, ASV “sanctified”; NCV “gave it to the Lord’s service.”} it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred ^{▼▼ The MT adds קִדְּשׁוּהוּ (qidshuhu, “they sanctified it”). This term is repeated from the first part of the verse, probably as an intentional scribal addition to harmonize this statement with the preceding parallel statement.} and ^{▼▼ The translation reads וְעַד (v^e’ad, “and unto”) rather than the MT reading עַד (ad, “unto”). The original vav (ו) was probably dropped accidentally due to haplography with the final vav on the immediately preceding word in the MT.} the Tower of Hananel.