Nehemiah's City Gates

Judah makes sense with the Sheep Gate for a couple reasons. Jesus is the ultimate shepherd of the sheep, and he's out of the tribe of Judah.

Reuben as the Fish Gate works given that Jacob's words over Reuben mention how he's like the seas, and seas are where you find fish. Reuben became the Nordic nations, all situated on water, and renowned for their exploits at sea. Just makes sense that the fish gate would go here.

Gad as the Old Gate is based on the strength of the rest of the list.

Asher is the Valley Gate since he repeatedly has stuff on the grid related to his feet and other than a canyon, a valley is the lowest kind of land like feet are the lowest part of the body.

Naphtali is the Dung Gate because of it's smell. Elsewhere in the grid Naphtali is incense.

Manasseh as the Fountain Gate is not exactly clear. Manasseh is also the plague of boils which occurred when Moses/Aaron threw ashes into the air. Maybe there's some sense of projection that goes with Manasseh.

Simeon as the Water Gate is an amazing match. Nehemiah chapter 8 tells the story of everyone gathering in the court inside the Water Gate, on the 1st day of the 7th month (which is Trumpets). Realize that the Water Gate is Simeon's Gate, and Trumpets is Simeon's Holiday. What happens when you gather in Simeon's place, at Simeon's time? You receive counsel. The story unfolds that the people were shown how to celebrate the soon coming Tabernacles Holiday. This match is powerful because it combines time, place and gifting (or whatever it is when we say Simeon is wired to give counsel).

Levi as the Horse Gate may play to the way Levites traveled from town to town teaching. Levi seems apostolic. An example from American history would be the circuit riders/revivalists who rode from camp meeting to camp meeting on horseback. Levi was spread out as city states, and needed to travel by horse.

Issachar lands on the East Gate. Elsewhere in the grid Issachar is the entrance/exit curtain to the tent (tabernacle). Since that entrance curtain always faced East this is a wonderful match.

Zebulun lands on the Inspection Gate. Probably by the word inspection it means the place where genealogical records and similar documents are kept. Zebulun relates to origins so this is quite a strong match.

Joseph aligns with the Ephraim Gate which is obvious since Ephraim is the son of Joseph.

Benjamin and Dan share the 12th gate such that 13 tribes fit into 12 gates. The Prison Gate makes sense with Dan since he was referred to as the "judge" by Jacob. Elsewhere in Scripture Jeremiah is arrested and thrown in jail by the captain of the guard while walking through the "Benjamin Gate." If what happens at the Benjamin Gate is you are thrown into prison. "Benjamin Gate" and "Prison Gate" should be considered synonyms.