In the OT era, markets were usually held before the gates of the walled cities (cf. Neh. 15:21), or in public squares and adjacent streets.
Similar markets continue to be held today, both in the Middle East and Mediterranean Europe and many places around the world.
The merchants moved from market to market, with their horses, mules, donkeys, camels, for sale, and there were also pavilions for the sale of various merchandise.
Although commerce is a legitimate and necessary activity, it can lead to greed and avarice, and to forgetting that God must be honored above all, and not money.
It was against the abuse of commerce that the Lord Jesus strongly protested, against the desecration of the Temple of Jerusalem by the multitude of merchants and money changers: "Take this away from here, and do not make my Father's house a market house." » (John 2:16).
The teaching is clear: There are priorities, and money must be a servant, not an owner (cf. 1 Tim. 6:10).
Meaning of MARKET
In the OT era, markets were usually held before the gates of the walled cities (cf. Neh. 15:21), or in public squares and adjacent streets.
