Nehemiah 3

The chapter records the organized effort of the whole community, listing family after family, guild after guild — priests, rulers, goldsmiths, perfumers, and ordinary residents — each repairing the section of wall and the gate nearest them. From the Sheep Gate around the city, the people build shoulder to shoulder, a picture of many hands united in a common God-given task, though a few nobles “would not stoop to serve their Lord.”