City Gates
But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in
it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine
ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy
maidservant may rest as well as thou....
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When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine
increase the third year, [which is] the year of tithing, and
hast given [it] unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless,
and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be
filled;...
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And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the
Levites after their courses, every man according to his
service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for
peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to
praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD....
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If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between
blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and
stroke, [being] matters of controversy within thy gates: then
shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the
LORD thy God shall choose;...
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And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and
defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense,
from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the
gates that [were] in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the
governor of the city, which [were] on a man's left hand at the
gate of the city....
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gat (Hebrew normally (over 300 times) sha`ar; occasionally
deleth, properly, "gateway" (but compare Dt 3:5); elsewhere
the gateway is pethach (compare especially Gen 19:6);
Aramaic tera`; Greek pulon, pule; the English Revised
Version and the King James Version add caph, "threshold," in
1 Ch 9:19,22; and the King James Version adds delathayim,...
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Of cities
De 3:5; Jos 6:26; 1Sa 23:7; 2Sa 18:24; 2Ch 8:5
-Made of iron
Ac 12:10
-Made of wood
Ne 1:3
-Made of brass
Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2
-Double doors
Isa 45:1; Eze 41:24
-The open square of, a place for idlers
Ge 19:1; 1Sa 4:18; Ps 69:12; Pr 1:21; Jer 17:19,20
-Religious services held at
Ac 14:13
-The law read at
Ne 8
-The place for...
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The gate and gateways of eastern cities anciently held and
still hold an important part, not only in the defence but in
the public economy of the place. They are thus sometimes
taken as representing the city itself. Ge 22:17; 24:60; De
12:12; Jud 5:8; Ru 4:10; Ps 87:2; 122:2 Among the special
purposes for which they were used may be mentioned....
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(1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; Neh. 1:3; 2:3;
3:3), of Sodom (Gen. 19:1), of Gaza (Judg. 16:3).
(2.) Of royal palaces (Neh. 2:8).
(3.) Of the temple of Solomon (1 Kings 6:34, 35; 2
Kings
18:16); of the holy place (1 Kings 6:31, 32; Ezek.
41:23, 24);
of the outer courts of the temple, the beautiful
gate (Acts
3:2).
(4.) Tombs...
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The oriental resort for business, converse, bargaining, and
news (Genesis 19:1; Genesis 23:10; Psalm 69:12), for
addresses and reading the law (2 Chronicles 32:6; Nehemiah
8:1; Nehemiah 8:3; Proverbs 1:21; Jeremiah 17:19), or
administering justice (Joshua 20:4; Rth 4:1; Deuteronomy
16:18; Deuteronomy 21:19). Proverbs 22:22, "neither oppress
t...
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