Joshua 20:4

He shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city; and they shall take him into [the protection of] the city and give him a place [to stay], so that he may live among them.

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melech the Ethiopian (Cushite), one of the eunuchs who was in the king’s palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern, and while the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin,

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, friend, and sit down.” So he came and sat down.

Job 5:4


“His children are far from safety [and included in their father’s ruin],
They are oppressed and crushed in the [court of justice in the city’s] gate,
And there is no one to rescue them.

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,

Psalm 26:9


Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
Nor [sweep away] my life with men of bloodshed,

Proverbs 31:23


Her husband is known in the [city’s] gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.

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Summary

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.

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That he may

Bible References

At the entering

Ruth 4:1
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 5:4

“His children are far from safety [and included in their father’s ruin],
They are oppressed and crushed in the [court of justice in the city’s] gate,
And there is no one to rescue them.
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,
Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the [city’s] gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
Jeremiah 38:7
Now Ebed-melech the Ethiopian (Cushite), one of the eunuchs who was in the king’s palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern, and while the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin,

Take

Psalm 26:9

Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
Nor [sweep away] my life with men of bloodshed,

That he may

Hebrews 6:18
so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.