98 Bible Verses about Gates

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Deuteronomy 3:5

All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.

Joshua 2:5

When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don't know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!"

1 Samuel 23:7

When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates."

2 Chronicles 8:5

He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,

2 Chronicles 14:7

He said to the people of Judah: "Let's build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides." So they built the cities and prospered.

Psalm 107:16

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

Psalm 147:13

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

Isaiah 22:7

Your very best valleys were full of chariots; horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate.

Isaiah 45:1-2

This is what the Lord says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed: "I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

Jeremiah 51:30

The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down.

Hosea 11:6

A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.

Luke 7:12

As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.

Acts 9:24

but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

Acts 12:10

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

Acts 16:13

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

Revelation 21:25

Its gates will never be closed during the day (and there will be no night there).

Nehemiah 2:13-15

I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King's Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me. I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned.

2 Kings 14:13

King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He attacked Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate -- a distance of about six hundred feet.

2 Chronicles 25:23

King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate -- a distance of about six hundred feet.

Nehemiah 1:3

They said to me, "The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!"

Nehemiah 2:3

I replied to the king, "O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?"

Nehemiah 3:1

Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

John 5:2

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways.

Nehemiah 3:3

The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Nehemiah 3:26

and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.

Nehemiah 3:28-29

Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house. After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked.

Nehemiah 6:1

When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),

Nehemiah 7:3

I said to them, "The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes."

Nehemiah 11:19

And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the gates -- 172.

Nehemiah 12:39

over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

Psalm 122:2

Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

Isaiah 60:11

Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way.

Jeremiah 1:15

For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north," says the Lord. "They will come and their kings will set up their thrones near the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all the walls surrounding it, and all the towns in Judah.

Acts 3:2

And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.

2 Chronicles 23:19

He posted guards at the gates of the Lord's temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

2 Chronicles 24:8

The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord's temple.

2 Chronicles 31:2

Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks -- to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord's sanctuary.

Jeremiah 20:2

When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord's temple.

Ezekiel 44:11

Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.

Acts 3:10

and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.

Joshua 6:26

At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration: "The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the Lord. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!"

Genesis 28:17

He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!"

1 Samuel 17:52

Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

1 Kings 16:34

During Ahab's reign, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, just as the Lord had warned through Joshua son of Nun.

John 10:1-3

"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Acts 10:17

Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was and approached the gate.

2 Kings 23:8

He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and ruined the high places where the priests had offered sacrifices, from Geba to Beer Sheba. He tore down the high place of the goat idols situated at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the city official, on the left side of the city gate.

Psalm 9:14

Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance."

Psalm 118:19-20

Open for me the gates of the just king's temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. This is the Lord's gate -- the godly enter through it.

Ezekiel 46:2

The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening.

Acts 14:13

The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

Genesis 23:10-11

(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- before all who entered the gate of his city -- "No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead."

Ruth 4:1

Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, "Come here and sit down, 'John Doe'!" So he came and sat down.

2 Kings 7:1

Elisha replied, "Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says, 'About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'"

Nehemiah 13:19-22

When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day. The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice. But I warned them and said, "Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!" From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath.read more.
Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.

Genesis 34:19-20

The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob's daughter Dinah badly. (Now he was more important than anyone in his father's household.) So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

Deuteronomy 21:19

his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

Deuteronomy 22:13-19

Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and then rejects her, accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying, "I married this woman but when I had sexual relations with her I discovered she was not a virgin!" Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.read more.
The young woman's father must say to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her. Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, 'I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,' but this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity!" The cloth must then be spread out before the city's elders. The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him. They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

Deuteronomy 25:7-10

But if the man does not want to marry his brother's widow, then she must go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!" Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, "I don't want to marry her," then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond, "Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother's family line!"read more.
His family name will be referred to in Israel as "the family of the one whose sandal was removed."

Joshua 20:4

The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.

2 Samuel 15:2

Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, "What city are you from?" The person would answer, "I, your servant, am from one of the tribes of Israel."

1 Kings 22:10

Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

Deuteronomy 17:5

you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing -- that very man or woman -- and you must stone that person to death.

Deuteronomy 22:23-24

If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and has sexual relations with her, you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor's fianc?e; in this way you will purge evil from among you.

Joshua 8:29

He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).

2 Kings 7:3

Now four men with a skin disease were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, "Why are we just sitting here waiting to die?

Ezekiel 21:15

So hearts melt with fear and many stumble. At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter. Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!

Luke 16:20

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

Revelation 22:14-15

Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates. Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!

Proverbs 1:20-21

Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas; at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

Proverbs 8:1-3

Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? At the top of the elevated places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she takes her stand; beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

Psalm 24:7-10

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter! Who is this majestic king? The Lord who is strong and mighty! The Lord who is mighty in battle! Who is this majestic king? The Lord who commands armies! He is the majestic king! (Selah)

Isaiah 38:10

"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'

Job 17:16

Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

Psalm 9:13

when they prayed: "Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

Psalm 107:18

They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

Matthew 7:13-14

"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

John 10:7-10

So Jesus said to them again, "I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep. All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.read more.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Ezekiel 48:30-34

"These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles by measure, the gates of the city will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi. On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.read more.
On the south side, one and one-half miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun. On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.

Revelation 21:12-15

It has a massive, high wall with twelve gates, with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel are written on the gates. There are three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side. The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.read more.
The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.

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Brass » Articles made of » Gates

Psalm 107:16

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

Isaiah 45:2

"I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

Brass » Made into » Gates

Psalm 107:16

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

Isaiah 45:2

"I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

Gates » Of jerusalem

2 Chronicles 25:23

King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate -- a distance of about six hundred feet.

2 Kings 14:13

King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He attacked Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate -- a distance of about six hundred feet.

Nehemiah 12:39

over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

Nehemiah 3:13

Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked on the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars, in addition to working on fifteen hundred feet of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

Nehemiah 3:26

and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.

Gates » Holding courts of justice

Deuteronomy 21:19

his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

Joshua 20:4

The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.

Deuteronomy 22:15

Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.

Ruth 4:1

Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, "Come here and sit down, 'John Doe'!" So he came and sat down.

Gates » Of the temple

Acts 3:2

And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.

Ezekiel 46:1

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened.

2 Kings 15:35

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord's temple.

Jeremiah 26:10

However, some of the officials of Judah heard about what was happening and they rushed up to the Lord's temple from the royal palace. They set up court at the entrance of the New Gate of the Lord's temple.

Gates » Of cities » Courts of justice held at

Proverbs 22:22-23

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court, for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

2 Samuel 15:2

Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, "What city are you from?" The person would answer, "I, your servant, am from one of the tribes of Israel."

Gates » The open square of, a place for idlers

Genesis 19:1

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city's gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

1 Samuel 4:18

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

Proverbs 1:21

at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

Jeremiah 17:19-20

The Lord told me, "Go and stand in the People's Gate through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other gates of the city of Jerusalem. As you stand in those places announce, 'Listen, all you people who pass through these gates. Listen, all you kings of Judah, all you people of Judah and all you citizens of Jerusalem. Listen to what the Lord says.

Gates » Figurative » Of salvation

Isaiah 26:2

Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter -- one that remains trustworthy.

Psalm 24:7

Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

Matthew 7:13

"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

Genesis 28:17

He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!"

Psalm 118:19-20

Open for me the gates of the just king's temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. This is the Lord's gate -- the godly enter through it.

Gates » Of cities

2 Chronicles 8:5

He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,

Deuteronomy 3:5

All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.

Joshua 6:26

At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration: "The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the Lord. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!"

1 Samuel 23:7

When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates."

2 Samuel 18:24

Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

Gates » Punishment of criminals outside of

Jeremiah 20:2

When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord's temple.

Acts 7:58

When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Deuteronomy 17:5

you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing -- that very man or woman -- and you must stone that person to death.

Gates » Criminals generally punished without

John 19:17

and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called "The Place of the Skull" (called in Aramaic Golgotha).

Leviticus 24:23

Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Gates » Of cities » Chief points of attack in war

Judges 5:8

God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel.

Isaiah 22:7

Your very best valleys were full of chariots; horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate.

Ezekiel 21:15

So hearts melt with fear and many stumble. At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter. Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!

Gates » Place for public concourse

Proverbs 1:21

at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

Genesis 23:10

(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- before all who entered the gate of his city --

Proverbs 8:3

beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

Jeremiah 14:2

"The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 22:2

Say: 'Listen, O king of Judah who follows in David's succession. You, your officials, and your subjects who pass through the gates of this palace must listen to what the Lord says.

Gates » Of the temple » Levites the porters of

2 Chronicles 8:14

As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.

2 Chronicles 23:4

This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

Gates » Thrones of kings at

Jeremiah 38:7

An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,

1 Kings 22:10

Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

2 Chronicles 18:9

Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

Jeremiah 39:3

Then Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon came and set up quarters in the Middle Gate.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Horse gate

2 Chronicles 23:15

They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses' entrance. There they executed her.

Nehemiah 3:28

Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Valley gate

2 Chronicles 26:9

Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.

Nehemiah 2:13

I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Fish gate

2 Chronicles 33:14

After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

Nehemiah 3:3

The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Gates » Of cities » Councils of state held at

2 Chronicles 18:9

Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

Jeremiah 39:3

Then Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon came and set up quarters in the Middle Gate.

Gates » Carcase of sin-offering burned without

Leviticus 4:12

all the rest of the bull -- he must bring outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ash pile, and he must burn it on a wood fire; it must be burned on the fatty ash pile.

Hebrews 13:11-13

For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp. Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp. We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced.

Gates » Of cities » Criminals punished at

Jeremiah 20:2

When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord's temple.

Deuteronomy 17:5

you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing -- that very man or woman -- and you must stone that person to death.

Gates » Of cities » Public commendation given at

Proverbs 31:31

Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

Gates » Of cities » Often razed and burned

Nehemiah 1:3

They said to me, "The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!"

Lamentations 2:9

(Tet) Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the Lord.

Gates » Of the temple » The treasury placed at

Mark 12:41

Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.

2 Chronicles 24:8

The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord's temple.

Gates » Of jerusalem » High gate of benjamin

Jeremiah 37:13

But he only got as far as the Benjamin Gate. There an officer in charge of the guards named Irijah, who was the son of Shelemiah and the grandson of Hananiah, stopped him. He seized Jeremiah and said, "You are deserting to the Babylonians!"

Jeremiah 20:2

When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord's temple.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Dung gate

Nehemiah 3:14

Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Nehemiah 12:31

I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.

Gates » Of cities » Proclamations made at

Proverbs 1:21

at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

Jeremiah 17:19

The Lord told me, "Go and stand in the People's Gate through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other gates of the city of Jerusalem.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Old gate

Nehemiah 3:6

Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Nehemiah 12:39

over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

Gates » Of cities » Conferences held at

Genesis 34:20

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

Gates » Of cities » Land sold at

Genesis 23:10

(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- before all who entered the gate of his city --

Genesis 23:16

So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Water gate

Nehemiah 8:3

So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon before the men and women and those children who could understand. All the people were eager to hear the book of the law.

Nehemiah 3:26

and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.

Gates » Of cities » Shut at night-fall

Nehemiah 13:19

When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

Joshua 2:5

When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don't know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!"

Gates » Of the temple » The pious israelites delighted to enter

Psalm 118:19

Open for me the gates of the just king's temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

Gates » Of cities » Markets held at

2 Kings 7:1

Elisha replied, "Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says, 'About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'"

2 Kings 7:18

The prophet told the king, "Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria."

Gates » Made of » Brass

Psalm 107:16

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

Isaiah 45:2

"I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

Gates » Fastened with bars of iron

Psalm 107:16

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

Isaiah 45:2

"I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Sheep gate

Nehemiah 3:1

Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

John 5:2

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways.

Gates » Made to » Houses

Luke 16:20

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

Acts 12:14

When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told them that Peter was standing at the gate.

Gates » Of the temple » Charge of, given by lot

1 Chronicles 26:13-19

They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for. The lot for the east gate went to Shelemiah. They then cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise adviser, and the lot for the north gate went to him. Obed-Edom was assigned the south gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses. read more.
Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate, along with the Shalleketh gate on the upper road. One guard was adjacent to another. Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs. At the court on the west there were four posted on the road and two at the court. These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

Gates » Of cities » Public censure passed at

Job 5:4

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.

Isaiah 29:21

those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

Gates » Guards at

Nehemiah 13:19

When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:22

Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.

2 Kings 7:17

Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. This fulfilled the prophet's word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him.

Gates » Double doors

Ezekiel 41:24

Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other.

Gates » Made of brass

Psalm 107:16

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

Isaiah 45:2

"I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

Gates » Figurative » Of death

Psalm 9:13

when they prayed: "Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

Isaiah 38:10

"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'

Gates » Of jerusalem » Corner gate

2 Chronicles 26:9

Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.

Gates » Symbolical

Revelation 21:12-13

It has a massive, high wall with twelve gates, with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel are written on the gates. There are three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side.

Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates are twelve pearls -- each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The main street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.

Revelation 21:25

Its gates will never be closed during the day (and there will be no night there).

Gates » Illustrative » (of heaven,) of access to God

Genesis 28:12-17

and had a dream. He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it and the Lord stood at its top. He said, "I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants. read more.
I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!" Then Jacob woke up and thought, "Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!" He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!"

Gates » Of the temple » Called gates of zion

Lamentations 1:4

(Dalet) The roads to Zion mourn because no one travels to the festivals. All her city gates are deserted; her priests groan. Her virgins grieve; she is in bitter anguish!

Gates » Of jerusalem » Gate of ephraim

Nehemiah 12:39

over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

Gates » Illustrative » (of hell,) of satan's power

Gates » Of the temple » Overlaid with gold

2 Kings 18:16

At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord's temple and from the posts which he had plated and gave them to the king of Assyria.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Gate of miphkad

Nehemiah 3:31

After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, and up to the room above the corner.

Gates » Of jerusalem » Gate of the fountain

Nehemiah 3:15

Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.

Gates » Of cities » Troops reviewed at, going to war

2 Samuel 18:4

Then the king said to them, "I will do whatever seems best to you." So the king stayed beside the city gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.

Gates » Of cities » Battering rams used against

Ezekiel 21:22

Into his right hand comes the portent for Jerusalem -- to set up battering rams, to give the signal for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.

Gates » Of cities » Chief places of concourse

Proverbs 1:21

at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

Gates » Made to » Cities

1 Kings 17:10

So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, "Please give me a cup of water, so I can take a drink."

Gates » Illustrative » (strait,) of the entrance to life

Gates » Illustrative » (wide,) of the entrance to ruin

Matthew 7:13

"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

Gates » Of the temple » Called gates of righteousness

Psalm 118:19

Open for me the gates of the just king's temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

Gates » Illustrative » (of the grave,) of death

Isaiah 38:10

"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'

Gates » Of the temple » Called gates of the lord

Psalm 118:20

This is the Lord's gate -- the godly enter through it.

Gates » Of cities » Custom of sitting at, in the evening, alluded to

Genesis 19:1

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city's gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

Gates » Of cities » Experienced officers placed over

2 Kings 7:17

Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. This fulfilled the prophet's word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him.

Gates » Made to » Camps

Exodus 32:26

So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said, "Whoever is for the Lord, come to me." All the Levites gathered around him,

Gates » Design of

Isaiah 62:10

Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations!

Gates » Made to » Palaces

Esther 5:13

Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."

Gates » The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions

Genesis 23:10

(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- before all who entered the gate of his city --

Genesis 23:16

So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.

Gates » Often two-leaved

Gates » Of cities » Idolatrous rites performed at

Acts 14:13

The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

Gates » Made to » Prisons

Acts 12:10

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

Gates » Made of » Iron

Acts 12:10

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

Gates » Illustrative » Of Christ

Gates » Figurative » Of righteousness

Psalm 118:19

Open for me the gates of the just king's temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

Gates » Figurative » Of the gospel

Isaiah 60:11

Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way.

Gates » Figurative » Of the grave

Isaiah 38:10

"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'

Gates » Made to » Rivers

Nahum 2:6

The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.

Gates » Closed at night

Joshua 2:5

When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don't know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!"

Joshua 2:7

Meanwhile the king's men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.

Gates » Of the temple » One specially beautiful

Acts 3:2

And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.

Gates » Of the temple » Frequented by beggars

Acts 3:2

And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.

Gates » Figurative » Of the powers of hell (hades)

Gates » Figurative » Of the people of a city

Isaiah 3:26

Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.

Gates » Of cities » Land redeemed at

Ruth 4:1

Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, "Come here and sit down, 'John Doe'!" So he came and sat down.

Gates » Made to » Temples

Acts 3:2

And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.

Gates » Bodies of criminals exposed to view at

2 Kings 10:8

The messenger came and told Jehu, "They have brought the heads of the king's sons." Jehu said, "Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning."

Gates » Conferences on public affairs

Genesis 34:20

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

Gates » Jails made in the towers of

Jeremiah 20:2

When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord's temple.

Gates » Religious services held at

Acts 14:13

The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

Gates » Closed on the sabbath

Nehemiah 13:19

When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

Gates » Made of iron

Acts 12:10

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

Gates » Made of wood

Nehemiah 1:3

They said to me, "The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!"

Gates » The law read at

Iron » Made into » Gates

Acts 12:10

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

Topics on Gates

Bronze Gates

Psalm 107:16

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

Capturing Gates

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

Coming To Gates

Matthew 7:13-14

"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

East Gates

Ezekiel 40:22

Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

Gates Of Death

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

Gates Of The Temple

Exodus 38:18

The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was thirty feet long, and like the hangings in the courtyard, it was seven and a half feet high,

Named Gates

Luke 16:20

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

North Gates

Ezekiel 46:9

"'When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate; whoever enters by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate. No one will return by way of the gate they entered but will go out straight ahead.

Opening Gates

Psalm 118:19

Open for me the gates of the just king's temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

Shutting Gates

Revelation 21:25

Its gates will never be closed during the day (and there will be no night there).

South Gates

1 Chronicles 26:15-25

Obed-Edom was assigned the south gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses.

Waiting At Gates

Acts 9:24

but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

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