Joshua 20:4

When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before the elders of that city, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

Jeremiah 38:7

But Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official employed in the king’s palace, heard Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

Ruth 4:1-2

Boaz went to the gate of the town and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz called him by name and said, “Come over here and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety.
They are crushed at the city gate,
with no one to rescue them.

Job 29:7

When I went out to the city gate
and took my seat in the town square,

Psalm 26:9

Do not destroy me along with sinners,
or my life along with men of bloodshed

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known at the city gates,
where he sits among the elders of the land.

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

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Summary

Joshua 20:4

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

At the entering

Jeremiah 38:7

Take

Psalm 26:9

That he may

Hebrews 6:18

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