Zechariah 7:9
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9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Judge with true justice, and show kindness and compassion toward each other.(A)
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Deuteronomy 21:19
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19 his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders at the gate[a] of his home city,
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Deuteronomy 22:24
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24 you shall bring them both out to the gate of the city and there stone them to death: the young woman because she did not cry out though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst.
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Ruth 4:1
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Chapter 4
Boaz Marries Ruth. 1 Boaz went to the gate[a] and took a seat there. Along came the other redeemer(A) of whom he had spoken. Boaz called to him by name, “Come, sit here.” And he did so.
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- 4:1 The gate of an Israelite town was the place where commercial and other legal matters were dealt with in publicly witnessed fashion.
Ruth 4:11
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11 (A)All those at the gate, including the elders, said, “We do. May the Lord make this woman come into your house like Rachel and Leah, who between them built up the house of Israel. Prosper in Ephrathah! Bestow a name in Bethlehem!
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