Ruth 4:1
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The Marriage of Boaz and Ruth
4 No sooner had Boaz gone up to the gate and sat down there than the next-of-kin[a] of whom Boaz had spoken came passing by. So Boaz said, “Come over;[b] sit down here.” And he went over and sat down.(A)
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Ruth 3:12
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12 But now, though it is true that I am a near kinsman, there is another kinsman more closely related than I.(A)
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Deuteronomy 25:7
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7 But if the man has no desire to marry his brother’s widow, then his brother’s widow shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’(A)
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Deuteronomy 16:18
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Municipal Judges and Officers
18 “You shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes, in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall render just decisions for the people.(A)
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Amos 5:15
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15 Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.(A)
Amos 5:10-12
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10 They hate the one who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.(A)
11 Therefore because you trample on the poor
and take from them levies of grain,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not live in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.(B)
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe
and push aside the needy in the gate.(C)
Job 31:21
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21 if I have raised my hand against the orphan
because I saw I had supporters at the gate;(A)
Job 29:7
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7 When I went out to the gate of the city,
when I took my seat in the square,
Deuteronomy 21:19
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19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place.
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Zechariah 2:6
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Interlude: An Appeal to the Exiles
6 Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord, for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.(A)
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Isaiah 55:1
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An Invitation to Abundant Life
55 Hear, everyone who thirsts;
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.(A)
Deuteronomy 17:5
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5 then you shall bring out to your gates that man or that woman who has committed this crime, and you shall stone the man or woman to death.
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