Genesis 34:20
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20 and he went with his father, Hamor, to present this proposal to the leaders at the town gate.
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Ruth 4:1
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Boaz Marries Ruth
4 Boaz went to the town gate and took a seat there. Just then the family redeemer he had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, “Come over here and sit down, friend. I want to talk to you.” So they sat down together.
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Zechariah 8:16
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16 But this is what you must do: Tell the truth to each other. Render verdicts in your courts that are just and that lead to peace.
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Amos 5:15
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15 Hate evil and love what is good;
turn your courts into true halls of justice.
Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies
will have mercy on the remnant of his people.[a]
Footnotes
- 5:15 Hebrew the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:12
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12 For I know the vast number of your sins
and the depth of your rebellions.
You oppress good people by taking bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Amos 5:10
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10 How you hate honest judges!
How you despise people who tell the truth!
Proverbs 31:23
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23 Her husband is well known at the city gates,
where he sits with the other civic leaders.
Job 29:7
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7 “Those were the days when I went to the city gate
and took my place among the honored leaders.
2 Samuel 15:2
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2 He got up early every morning and went out to the gate of the city. When people brought a case to the king for judgment, Absalom would ask where in Israel they were from, and they would tell him their tribe.
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Deuteronomy 17:5
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5 then the man or woman who has committed such an evil act must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death.
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Genesis 23:10
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10 Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.
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Genesis 22:17
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17 I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants[a] beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
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