"When I wentout to the gateof the city,When I tookmy seatin the square,
Now the twoangelscameto Sodomin the eveningas Lotwas sittingin the gateof Sodom.When Lotsaw[them], he roseto meetthem and boweddown[with his] faceto the ground.
So Hamorand his sonShechemcameto the gateof their cityand spoketo the menof their city,saying,
The youngmensawme and hidthemselves, And the oldmenarose[and] stood.
IfI have liftedup my handagainstthe orphan,BecauseI sawI had supportin the gate,
Her husbandis knownin the gates,When he sitsamongthe eldersof the land.
Besidethe gates,at the openingto the city,At the entranceof the doors,she criesout:
But Ebed-melechthe Ethiopian,a eunuch,while he was in the king'spalace,heardthat they had putJeremiahinto the cistern.Now the kingwas sittingin the Gateof Benjamin;
Theseare the thingswhichyou should do:speakthe truthto oneanother;judgewith truthand judgmentfor peacein your gates.
"You shall appointfor yourself judgesand officersin allyour townswhichthe LORDyour Godis givingyou, according to your tribes,and they shall judgethe peoplewith righteousjudgment.
then his fatherand mothershall seizehim, and bringhim out to the eldersof his cityat the gatewayof his hometown.
Allthe peoplewhowere in the court,and the elders,said,"[We are] witnesses.May the LORDmakethe womanwho is cominginto your homelike Racheland Leah,bothof whombuiltthe houseof Israel;and may you achievewealthin Ephrathahand becomefamousin Bethlehem.
