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# General Information:
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A few men accompanied Nehemiah on this inspection, but he speaks in the first person because he was the primary person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]])
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# I went out by night by the Valley Gate
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"At night, I went out through the Valley Gate"
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# Jackal's Well
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A jackal is a wild dog. Some modern translations read, "Dragon's Well."
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# Dung Gate
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Presumably, refuse was removed from the city through this gate.
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# which had been broken open, and the wooden gates were destroyed by fire
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "which Israel's enemies had broken open, and the wooden gates which their enemies had destroyed with fire" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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