And when he flees to one of those cities, and stands at the entrance of the gate of the city, and [a]declares his case in the hearing of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city as one of them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 20:4 states

(A)Now Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the [a]eunuchs, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. When the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

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  1. Jeremiah 38:7 Or officers

Boaz Redeems Ruth

Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, (A)the close relative of whom Boaz had spoken came by. So Boaz said, “Come aside, [a]friend, sit down here.” So he came aside and sat down. And he took ten men of (B)the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.

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  1. Ruth 4:1 Heb. peloni almoni, lit. so and so

18 that by two [a]immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to (A)lie, we [b]might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope (B)set before us.

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  1. Hebrews 6:18 unchangeable
  2. Hebrews 6:18 M omits might

23 (A)Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.

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(A)Do[a] not gather my soul with sinners,
Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

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  1. Psalm 26:9 Do not take away

“When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,

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His sons are (A)far from safety,
They are crushed in the gate,
And (B)there is no deliverer.

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