Thematic Bible: Holding courts of justice


Thematic Bible



then shall his father and his mother, lay hold of him, - and bring him forth unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; Verse ConceptsGatesComing To Gates

Judges and officers, shalt thou appoint thee in all thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, by thy tribes, - and they shall judge the people, with righteous judgment, Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsCivic RighteousnessJudgesTownMagistratesAdministrationJudging RightlyMan AppointingAppointments

and he shall flee unto one of these cities and present himself at the entrance of the gate of the city, and shall speak, in the ears of the elders of that city, his defence, - and they shall take him for protection into the city unto them, and shall give him a place, so shall he dwell with them. Verse ConceptsGatesWaiting At Gates

then shall the father of the damsel and her mother take and bring forth the tokens of the virginity of the damsel, unto the elders of the city, in the gate; Verse ConceptsTownComing To Gatesvirginity

Now, Boaz, went up to the gate, and sat him down there, and lo! the kinsman, passing by, of whom Boaz had spoken, so he said - Turn aside! and sit down here, such a one! And he turned aside, and sat down. Verse ConceptsGatesSitting In The Gateway

These, are the things which ye shall do: Speak ye the truth, every man with his neighbour, truth and the sentence of peace, pronounce ye in your gates; Verse ConceptsLawsuitsBusiness At The GatewayJudging RightlyPerforming The TruthSpeaking TruthDoing God's WorksSeek PeaceJudgmentsTelling The Truth


And Absolom used to rise up early, and take his stand beside the way of the gate, - and so it was - when any man who had a controversy would come unto the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said: Of what city, art, thou? And he said, Of one of the tribes of Israel, is thy servant. And Absolom said unto him, Verse ConceptsGatesRoadsStanding In The GatewayThose Who Rose EarlyWhere From?