Ruth 4:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Boaz went to the gate and took a seat there. Along came the other redeemer of whom he had spoken. Boaz called to him by name, “Come, sit here.” And he did so.

Cross References

Genesis 19:1

The two angels reached Sodom in the evening, as Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to greet them; and bowing down with his face to the ground,

Genesis 23:10

Now Ephron was sitting with the Hittites. So Ephron the Hittite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, all who entered the gate of his city:

Genesis 34:20

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and said to the men of their city:

2 Samuel 15:2

Moreover, Absalom used to rise early and stand alongside the road leading to the gate. If someone had a lawsuit to be decided by the king, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he replied, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe of Israel,”

2 Chronicles 18:9

The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, were seated, each on his throne, clothed in their robes of state in the square at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

Job 29:7

Whenever I went out to the gate of the city and took my seat in the square,

Job 31:21

If I have raised my hand against the innocent because I saw that I had supporters at the gate—

Psalm 69:12

When I clothed myself in sackcloth; I became a byword for them.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is prominent at the city gates as he sits with the elders of the land.

Isaiah 55:1

All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, buy grain and eat; Come, buy grain without money, wine and milk without cost!

Jeremiah 32:10

When I had written and sealed the deed, called witnesses and weighed out the silver on the scales,

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and let justice prevail at the gate; Then it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will have pity on the remnant of Joseph.

Zechariah 2:6

I asked, “Where are you going?” And he said, “To measure Jerusalem—to see how great its width is and how great its length.”

Deuteronomy 16:18

In all the communities which the Lord, your God, is giving you, you shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes to administer true justice for the people.

Deuteronomy 17:5

you shall bring the man or the woman who has done this evil deed out to your gates and stone the man or the woman to death.

Deuteronomy 21:19

his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders at the gate of his home city,

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, “My brother-in-law refuses to perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel and does not intend to perform his duty toward me.”

Joshua 20:4

To one of these cities the killer shall flee, and standing at the entrance of the city gate, shall plead his case in the hearing of the elders of the city, who must receive him and assign him a place in which to live among them.

Ruth 3:12

Now, I am in fact a redeemer, but there is another redeemer closer than I.

Ruth 3:18

Naomi then said, “Wait here, my daughter, until you learn what happens, for the man will not rest, but will settle the matter today.”