2 Chronicles 23:5
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5 one-third shall be at the king’s house, and one-third at the Gate of the Foundation, and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.
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Acts 3:2
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2 And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple.(A)
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Ezekiel 46:2-3
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2 The prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside and shall take his stand by the post of the gate. The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his offerings of well-being, and he shall bow down at the entryway of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be closed until evening.(A) 3 The people of the land shall bow down at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.(B)
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Ezekiel 44:2-3
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2 The Lord said to me: “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it shall remain shut. 3 Only the prince, because he is a prince, may sit in it to eat food before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate and shall go out by the same way.”(A)
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2 Kings 11:5-6
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5 He commanded them, “This is what you are to do: one-third of you, those who go off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king’s house(A) 6 (another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards), shall guard the palace,
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