The Miphkad Gate, Inspection Gate, or Command Gate
The last of the ten gates repaired by Nehemiah. It is located near the Temple on the northeast side of Jerusalem not far from the Sheep Gate. “After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.” (Nehemiah 3:31-32).
It was at the Miphkad Gate where David decided the take a census of Israel which was against what the LORD God told David. It was as a result there was 70,000 killed by a plague. David saw the error of his way and the great ruin he had caused, he purchased Ornan’s threshing floor and built an altar to the LORD God. (2 Samuel 24:10-25).
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Holstein, Joanne “The Miphkad Gate, Inspection Gate, or Command Gate:.” Becker Bible Studies Library June 2015.<https://guidedbiblestudies.com/?p=2875,>.
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Holstein, Joanne (2015) “The Miphkad Gate, Inspection Gate, or Command Gate:.” Becker Bible Studies Library (June), https://guidedbiblestudies.com/?p=2875, (accessed).
