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,
Deuteronomy 16:18
“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Deuteronomy 21:19
then his father and mother shall take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
Ruth 4:1-2
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,
Ruth 4:11
All the people at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the household of Israel. May you achieve wealth and power in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.
Job 31:21
If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things which you should do: speak the truth with one another; judge with truth and pronounce the judgment that brings peace in [the courts at] your gates.
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