Ruth 4:1

Modern King James Version

And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. And he said, Such a one! Turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside and sat down.

Cross References

Genesis 19:1

And there came two angels to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot rose up to meet them when he saw them. And he bowed himself with his face toward the ground,

Genesis 23:10

And Ephron lived among the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Genesis 34:20

And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

2 Samuel 15:2

And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the gate. And it was so, if any man had a suit to come before the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him and said, What city are you from? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Chronicles 18:9

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat each of them on his throne, clothed in robes. And they sat in a grain floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. And all the prophets prophesied before them.

Job 29:7

when I went out to the gate by the city; when I prepared my seat in the street!

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I watched over my help in the gate;

Psalm 69:12

They who sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

Isaiah 55:1

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Jeremiah 32:10

And I wrote it in the document, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed the silver in the scales.

Amos 5:15

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate. It may be that the Lord Jehovah of Hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Zechariah 2:6

Ho! Ho! Flee then from the land of the north, says Jehovah. For I have scattered you as the four winds of the heavens, says Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You shall appoint judges and officers for yourself in all your gates which Jehovah your God gives you, tribe by tribe. And they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 17:5

then you shall bring forth that man or that woman who has committed that evil thing, to your gates, even that man or that woman, and shall stone them with stones until they die.

Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.

Deuteronomy 25:7

And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name in Israel to his brother. He will not perform my levirate.

Joshua 20:4

And he shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city. And they shall take him into the city to themselves and make him a place, and he shall live with them.

Ruth 3:12

And now it is true that I am your kinsman-redeemer. But there is also a kinsman nearer than I.

Ruth 3:18

And she said, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall. For the man will not rest until he has finished the thing today.