Ruth 4:1

New International Version

Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

Cross References

Genesis 19:1

The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Genesis 23:10

Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

Genesis 34:20

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.

2 Samuel 15:2

He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, “What town are you from?” He would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”

2 Chronicles 18:9

Dressed in their royal robes, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.

Job 29:7

“When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,

Psalm 69:12

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

Isaiah 55:1

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

Jeremiah 32:10

I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

Zechariah 2:6

“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the Lord.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

Deuteronomy 17:5

take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.

Deuteronomy 21:19

his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.

Deuteronomy 25:7

However, if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”

Joshua 20:4

When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state their case before the elders of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them.

Ruth 3:12

Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I.

Ruth 3:18

Then Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”