Genesis 23:10

Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so within the hearing of all the sons of Heth and all who were entering the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,

Genesis 34:20

Then Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their [walled] city [where the leading men would meet] and spoke with the men of the city, saying,

Genesis 34:24

And every [Canaanite] man who went out of the city gate listened and considered what Hamor and Shechem said; and every male who was a resident of that city was circumcised.

Genesis 23:18

to Abraham as his possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who were entering at the gate of his city.

Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels, and set out, taking some of his master’s good things with him; so he got up and journeyed to Mesopotamia [between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers], to the city of Nahor [the home of Abraham’s brother].

Ruth 4:1-4

Then Boaz went up to the city gate [where business and legal matters were settled] and sat down, and then the close relative (redeemer) of whom Boaz had spoken came by. He said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down.” So he came and sat down.

Job 29:7

“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,

Isaiah 28:6

A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment [administering the law],
A strength to those who drive back the battle at the gate.

Matthew 9:1

And Jesus, getting into a boat, crossed over the Sea of Galilee and came to [Capernaum] His own city.

Luke 2:3-4

And everyone went to register for the census, each to his own city.

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