Ruth 4:1

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Then Boaz went up to the gate, and he sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman passing by, whom he had previously discussed, he spoke to him, calling him by his name, "Pause for a little while, and sit down here." He turned aside and sat down.

Cross References

Genesis 19:1

And the two Angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the gate of the city. And when he had seen them, he rose up and went to meet them. And he reverenced prone on the ground.

Genesis 23:10

Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron responded to Abraham in the hearing of everyone who was entering at the gate of his city, saying:

Genesis 34:20

And entering at the gate of the city, they spoke to the people:

2 Samuel 15:2

And rising up in the morning, Absalom was standing beside the entrance of the gate. And when there was any man who had a dispute that might go before the king's judgment, Absalom would call him to him, and would say, "Which city are you from?" And responding, he would say, "I am your servant, from a certain tribe of Israel."

2 Chronicles 18:9

Now the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were both sitting upon their thrones, clothed in royal vestments. And they were sitting in an open area, beside the gate of Samaria. And all the prophets were prophesying before them.

Job 29:7

When I went to the gate of the city, or to the main street, they prepared a chair for me.

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I the advantage over him at the gate;

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is noble at the gates, when he sits among the senators of the land.

Isaiah 55:1

All you who thirst, come to the waters. And you who have no money: hurry, buy and eat. Approach, buy wine and milk, without money and without barter.

Jeremiah 32:10

And I wrote it in a book and signed it, and I summoned witnesses. And I weighed out the silver on a scale.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and establish judgment at the gate. Perhaps then the Lord God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

Zechariah 2:6

O, O flee from the land of the North, says the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You shall appoint judges and magistrates at all your gates, which the Lord your God will give to you, throughout each of your tribes, so that they may judge the people with a just judgment,

Deuteronomy 17:5

you shall lead forward the man or the woman who has perpetrated this most wicked thing to the gates of your city, and they shall be stoned to death.

Deuteronomy 21:19

they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgment.

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if he is not willing to take his brother's wife, who by law must go to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and she shall call upon those greater by birth, and she shall say: 'The brother of my husband is not willing to raise up his brother's name in Israel; nor will he join with me.'

Joshua 20:4

And when he will have fled to one of these cities, he shall stand before the gate of the city, and he shall speak to the ancients of that city, the things that prove him innocent. And so shall they receive him, and give him a place in which to live.

Ruth 3:12

Neither do I deny myself to be a near relative, but there is another nearer than I.

Ruth 3:18

And Naomi said, "Wait, daughter, until we see how things will turn out. For the man will not rest until he has accomplished what he said."