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The Dung Gate was a very practical gate, with a specific purpose – that of cleansing. From the Dung Gate we may learn that the general acknowledgement and confession of sin, which we pictured in the lowly humility of the Valley Gate, must lead on to holiness of life.
In the NT Paul uses the term to refer to that which is despised and worthless. Paul counts all other things as “dung” compared with knowing Christ (Phil 3:8). The name “Dung Gate” is found in four passages in the Book of Nehemiah and refers to one of the gates of Jerusalem in Nehemiah’s day.
In the 19th century, Zionists began to refer to the gate as Dung Gate (Hebrew: שער האשפות Sha'ar Ha'ashpot). This was done in commemoration of an ancient gate in the Jerusalem wall from the Hebrew Bible ( Nehemiah 3:13–14) which was located near the Pool of Siloam in the days of the Second Temple.
Discover the meaning behind the Jaffa, Zion, Dung, Damascus, and Golden Gates: the biblical gates in Jerusalem's Old City.
dung ('ashpoth, domen, peresh; skubalon, etc.): Nine different words occurring in the Hebrew have been translated "dung" in the Old Testament. The word used to designate one of the gates of Jerusalem ('ashpoth, Nehemiah 2:13; 3:14) is more general than the others and may mean any kind of refuse.
Today, the Dung Gate is an important entrance to the Old City, providing access to the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter. Visitors can explore the gate and its surroundings, including the archaeological site of the Ophel, which contains ancient ruins dating back to the First Temple period.
The word used to designate one of the gates of Jerusalem ('ashpoth, Nehemiah 2:13; Nehemiah 3:14) is more general than the others and may mean any kind of refuse. The gate was probably so named because outside it was the general dump heap of the city.
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. Torrey's Topical Textbook Nehemiah 12:31
There is little in the Bible commentaries concerning the Dung Gate. It was believed to have been built at a distance of at least 1500 feet from the previous gate, the Valley Gate, though some say it may have actually been built even farther than that, as it was far from the road.
This is the message of the Dung Gate. This continues the process in which, as the Apostle Paul taught, “old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (II Corinthians 5:17). The modern Dung Gate lies just southwest of the Western Wall, near the southern wall of the Temple Mount.