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GATES ;
Of cities - De 3:5; Jos 6:26; 1Sa 23:7; 2Sa 18:24; 2Ch 8:5
Made of iron - Ac 12:10
Made of wood - Ne 1:3
Made of brass - Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2
Double doors - Isa 45:1; Eze 41:24
The open square of, a place for idlers - Ge 19:1; 1Sa 4:18; Ps 69:12; Pr 1:21; Jer 17:19,20
Religious services held at - Ac 14:13
The law read at - Ne 8
The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions - Ge 23:10,16
Conferences on public affairs - Ge 34:20
Holding courts of justice - De 16:18; 21:19; 22:15; Jos 20:4; Ru 4:1; 2Sa 15:2; Pr 22:22; Zec 8:16
Place for public concourse - Ge 23:10; Pr 1:21; 8:3; Jer 14:2; 22:2
Thrones of kings at - 1Ki 22:10; 2Ch 18:9; Jer 38:7; 39:3
Punishment of criminals outside of - De 17:5; Jer 20:2; Ac 7:58; Heb 13:12
Closed at night - Jos 2:5,7
Closed on the Sabbath - Ne 13:19
Guards at - 2Ki 7:17; Ne 13:19,22
Jails made in the towers of - Jer 20:2
Bodies of criminals exposed to view at - 2Ki 10:8
FIGURATIVE
- Of the people of a city
- Isa 3:26- Of the gospel
- Isa 60:11- Of the powers of hell (Hades)
- Mt 16:18- Of death
- Job 38:17; Ps 9:13- Of the grave
- Isa 38:10- Of righteousness
- Ps 118:19- Of salvation
- Ge 28:17; Ps 24:7; 118:19,20; Isa 26:2; Mt 7:13- Of death
- Isa 38:10SYMBOLICAL - Re 21:12,13,21,25
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