Ruth 4:1

New Living Translation

Boaz went to the town gate and took a seat there. Just then the family redeemer he had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, “Come over here and sit down, friend. I want to talk to you.” So they sat down together.

Cross References

Genesis 19:1

That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.

Genesis 23:10

Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.

Genesis 34:20

and he went with his father, Hamor, to present this proposal to the leaders at the town gate.

2 Samuel 15:2

He got up early every morning and went out to the gate of the city. When people brought a case to the king for judgment, Absalom would ask where in Israel they were from, and they would tell him their tribe.

2 Chronicles 18:9

King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah, dressed in their royal robes, were sitting on thrones at the threshing floor near the gate of Samaria. All of Ahab’s prophets were prophesying there in front of them.

Job 29:7

“Those were the days when I went to the city gate and took my place among the honored leaders.

Job 31:21

“If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side,

Psalm 69:12

I am the favorite topic of town gossip, and all the drunks sing about me.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is well known at the city gates, where he sits with the other civic leaders.

Isaiah 55:1

“Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free!

Jeremiah 32:10

I signed and sealed the deed of purchase before witnesses, weighed out the silver, and paid him.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.

Zechariah 2:6

The Lord says, “Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Appoint judges and officials for yourselves from each of your tribes in all the towns the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.

Deuteronomy 17:5

then the man or woman who has committed such an evil act must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death.

Deuteronomy 21:19

In such a case, the father and mother must take the son to the elders as they hold court at the town gate.

Deuteronomy 25:7

“But if the man refuses to marry his brother’s widow, she must go to the town gate and say to the elders assembled there, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel—he refuses to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law by marrying me.’

Joshua 20:4

“Upon reaching one of these cities, the one who caused the death will appear before the elders at the city gate and present his case. They must allow him to enter the city and give him a place to live among them.

Ruth 3:12

But while it’s true that I am one of your family redeemers, there is another man who is more closely related to you than I am.

Ruth 3:18

Then Naomi said to her, “Just be patient, my daughter, until we hear what happens. The man won’t rest until he has settled things today.”