1 Now Boaz had gone up to the ugate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, vof whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.
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Deuteronomy 21:19
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,
Joshua 20:4
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.
2 Samuel 15:2
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,”
2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” And all the people came before the king.
Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates
when he sits among the elders of the land.
Ruth 3:12
And now it is true that I am a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.
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