Thematic Bible: Holding courts of justice


Thematic Bible



then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, Verse ConceptsGatesComing To Gates

"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsCivic RighteousnessJudgesTownMagistratesAdministrationJudging RightlyMan AppointingAppointments

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. Then they shall take him into the city and give him a place, and he shall remain with them. Verse ConceptsGatesWaiting At Gates

then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate. Verse ConceptsTownComing To Gatesvirginity

Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down. Verse ConceptsGatesSitting In The Gateway

These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace; Verse ConceptsLawsuitsBusiness At The GatewayJudging RightlyPerforming The TruthSpeaking TruthDoing God's WorksSeek PeaceJudgmentsTelling The Truth


And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, "From what city are you?" And when he said, "Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel," Verse ConceptsGatesRoadsStanding In The GatewayThose Who Rose EarlyWhere From?

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