CONTRACTS : By consummating in the presence of the public at the gate of the city (Genesis 23:18; Ruth 4:1,2)
GATES : The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions (Genesis 23:10,16)
THANKFULNESS : Ministers appointed to offer, in public (1 Chronicles 16:4,7;23:30; 2 Chronicles 31:2)
WORD OF GOD : To be read publicly (Deuteronomy 31:11-13; Joshua 8:33-35; 2 Kings 23:2; 2 Chronicles 17:7-9; N)
WORSHIP : The word of God read in public assemblies (Exodus 24:7; Deuteronomy 27:12-26;31:11-13; Joshua 8:33-35; Kings)
FEAR OF GOD » CONSPICUOUS INSTANCES OF THOSE WHO FEARED » Nehemiah, in his reform of the public administration (Nehemiah 5:15)
ISRAEL » UNDER THE JUDGES » Public affairs administered four-hundred and fifty years by the judges (Judges 2:16-19; Acts 13:20)
JEHOSHAPHAT » King of Judah » Inaugurates a system of public instruction in the law (2 Chronicles 17:7-9)
JESUS, THE CHRIST » HISTORY OF » Enunciates the parables of the unjust judge, and the Pharisee and publican praying in the temple (in Peraea) (Luke 18:1-14)
