Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
At the entering
Take
That he may
Bible References
At the entering
Ruth 4:1
Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, "Come over here, friend, and sit down!" He turned aside, and sat down.
Job 5:4
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
Job 29:7
when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
Jeremiah 38:7
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
Take
Psalm 26:9
Don't gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;
That he may
Hebrews 6:18
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.