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Muster Gate

Muster Gate (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:31 (identified with Jerusalem ). It is closely linked with Horse Gate (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:28 , Jer 31:40 (identified with Jerusalem).

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Muster Gate (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:31 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Horse Gate (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:28 , Jer 31:40 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Gate of the Foundation (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 23:5 (identified with Jerusalem).) Dung Gate (KMZ: Dung Gate . Referenced in Neh 2:13 , Neh 3:13 , Neh 3:14 , Neh 12:31 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ishtar Gate of Babylon — Monumental double gate on the northern wall of inner Babylon constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 BC during the era of Daniel and the Judean exile, clad in brilliant cobalt-blue glazed bricks embossed with alternating rows of golden lions, bulls (aurochs), and dragons (mušḫuššu). Persian Lamassu (Gate of All Nations) — Colossal carved limestone winged human-headed bull (Lamassu) guarding the Gate of All Nations built by King Xerxes I (biblical Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther and Ezra 4:6 ) at Persepolis, exemplifying the imperial Achaemenid court architecture of Esther , Ezra , and Nehemiah .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Isaiah 13:4 : "The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the b..."; 2 Kings 25:19 : "And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scri..."; Jeremiah 52:25 : "He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the princi...". Related canonical books and chapters: Isaiah 13 ( Isaiah • Chapter 13 (22 verses)), Ezekiel 46 ( Ezekiel • Chapter 46 (24 verses)), Ezekiel 11 ( Ezekiel • Chapter 11 (25 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Muster Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:31 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Horse Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:28 , Jer 31:40 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Gate of the Foundation
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 23:5 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Dung Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

KMZ:Dung Gate. Referenced in Neh 2:13 , Neh 3:13 , Neh 3:14 , Neh 12:31 .

Corner Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 14:13 , 2 Chr 25:23 , 2 Chr 26:9 , Jer 31:38 , Zech 14:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Ephraim Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 14:13 , 2 Chr 25:23 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Sheep Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 3:32 , Neh 12:39 , John 5:2 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Water Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:26 , Neh 8:1 , Neh 8:3 , Neh 8:16 , Neh 12:37 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Fish Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 33:14 , Neh 3:3 , Neh 12:39 , Zeph 1:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Gate of the Guard
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Potsherd Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 19:2 (identified with Jerusalem ).

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VIDEO • educational

Historical video footage recording the main entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem from the coastal plain and Mediterranean port of Joppa .

Lumière Brothers Historical Cinema (1897) • Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gate of Ephraim
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 8:16 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Benjamin Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 20:2 , Jer 37:13 , Jer 38:7 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Beautiful Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 3:2 , Acts 3:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

People's Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 17:19 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Gate of Benjamin
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Zech 14:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Gate of Yeshanah
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:6 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Fountain Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 2:14 , Neh 3:15 , Neh 12:37 (identified with Jerusalem ).

East Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:29 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Valley Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 26:9 , Neh 2:13 , Neh 2:15 , Neh 3:13 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Interactive 3D Babylonian Gate • Daniel 1–4 & 2 Kings 25

Monumental double gate on the northern wall of inner Babylon constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 BC during the era of Daniel and the Judean exile, clad in brilliant cobalt-blue glazed bricks embossed with alternating rows of golden lions, bulls (aurochs), and dragons (mušḫuššu).

New Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 26:10 , Jer 36:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Megiddo Solomonic City Gate — Six-Chambered Iron Age Gateway
IMAGE • archaeology

Monumental six-chambered ashlar gate matching royal engineering at Hazor and Gezer ( 1 Kings 9:15 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Isaiah 13
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Isaiah • Chapter 13 (22 verses)

The burden of Babylon , which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger... Mentions: Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), Babylon , Ophir , Sodom , Gomorrah .

Interactive 3D Royal Portal Guardian • Esther 1 & Ezra 4:6

Colossal carved limestone winged human-headed bull (Lamassu) guarding the Gate of All Nations built by King Xerxes I (biblical Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther and Ezra 4:6 ) at Persepolis, exemplifying the imperial Achaemenid court architecture of Esther , Ezra , and Nehemiah .

Interactive 3D Urban Scale Model • Daniel 1–5 & Jeremiah 50–51

Architectural scale model of Neo-Babylonian Babylon around 600 BC from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , showing the Euphrates River dividing the walled city, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate , Nebuchadnezzar's Southern Palace, and the Etemenanki ziggurat precinct.

Map of Nehemiah's Rebuilt Jerusalem Walls & Gates
IMAGE • maps

Archaeological reconstruction of the gates (Sheep, Fish, Valley, Dung, Fountain) and sectors rebuilt by the returnees.

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Ezekiel 46
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Ezekiel • Chapter 46 (24 verses)

Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without,...

Ezekiel 11
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Ezekiel • Chapter 11 (25 verses)

Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. Then said h... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Chaldea .

2 Kings 7
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2 Kings • Chapter 7 (20 verses)

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria . Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Samaria , Syria , Jordan .

Ezekiel 26
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Ezekiel • Chapter 26 (21 verses)

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem , Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, ... Mentions: Tyre , Jerusalem , Babylon .

Ezekiel 9
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Ezekiel • Chapter 9 (11 verses)

He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Jerusalem .

2 Samuel 15
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2 Samuel • Chapter 15 (37 verses)

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom cal... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Hebron , David , Zadok , Ahimaaz , Geshur , Syria , Jerusalem , Giloh .

Ezekiel 43
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Ezekiel • Chapter 43 (27 verses)

Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. And it was according to the appearance o... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zadok , Chebar .

Interactive 3D Model • Exodus 27:1–8

Large hollow acacia-wood altar overlaid with bronze (brass) standing in the Tabernacle courtyard near the eastern gate, equipped with four horns and a bronze grating for sacrificial offerings.

Scripture Passages (24)

The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel : three gates northward; one gate of Reuben , one gate of Judah , one gate of Levi .

At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad , one gate of Asher , one gate of Naphtali .

And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph , one gate of Benjamin , one gate of Dan .

And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon , one gate of Issachar , one gate of Zebulun .

And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

And from above the gate of Ephraim , and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:

And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.

And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.

And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

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