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Genesis 34:20
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Genesis 34:20
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20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city(A) to speak to the men of their city.
Genesis 34:20
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Genesis 34:20
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20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
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Ruth 4:1
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Ruth 4:1
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Boaz Marries Ruth
4 Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate(A) and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer[a](B) he had mentioned(C) came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
Footnotes
- Ruth 4:1 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 3, 6, 8 and 14.
Ruth 4:1
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Ruth 4:1
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4 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
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Zechariah 8:16
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Zechariah 8:16
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16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth(A) to each other, and render true and sound judgment(B) in your courts;(C)
Zechariah 8:16
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Zechariah 8:16
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16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
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Amos 5:15
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Amos 5:15
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15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
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Amos 5:12
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Amos 5:12
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12 For I know how many are your offenses
and how great your sins.(A)
Amos 5:12
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Amos 5:12
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12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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Amos 5:10
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Amos 5:10
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Amos 5:10
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Amos 5:10
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10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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Proverbs 31:23
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Proverbs 31:23
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23 Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders(A) of the land.
Proverbs 31:23
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Proverbs 31:23
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23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
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Job 29:7
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Job 29:7
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7 “When I went to the gate(A) of the city
and took my seat in the public square,
Job 29:7
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Job 29:7
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7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
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2 Samuel 15:2
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2 Samuel 15:2
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2 He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate.(A) Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, “What town are you from?” He would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
2 Samuel 15:2
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2 Samuel 15:2
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2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
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Deuteronomy 17:5
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Deuteronomy 17:5
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5 take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.(A)
Deuteronomy 17:5
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Deuteronomy 17:5
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5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
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Genesis 23:10
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Genesis 23:10
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10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites(A) who had come to the gate(B) of his city.
Genesis 23:10
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Genesis 23:10
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10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
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Genesis 22:17
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Genesis 22:17
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17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
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