Gates

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GATES
Of cities, Deut. 3:5; Josh. 6:26; 1 Sam. 23:7; 2 Sam. 18:24; 2 Chr. 8:5.
Made of iron, Acts 12:10; wood, Neh. 1:3; bronze, Psa. 107:16; Isa. 45:2.
Double doors, Isa. 45:1; Ezek. 41:24.
The open square of, a place for bad people, Gen. 19:1; 1 Sam. 4:18; Psa. 69:12; Prov. 1:21; Jer. 17:19, 20.
Religious services held at, Acts 14:13.
The law read at, Neh. 8.
Place for the transaction of public business, aouncement of legal transactions, Gen. 23:10, 16; conferences on public affairs, Gen. 34:20; holding courts of justice, Deut. 16:18; 21:19; 22:15; Josh. 20:4; Ruth 4:1; 2 Sam. 15:2; Prov. 22:22; Zech. 8:16.
Place for public discussion, Gen. 23:10; Prov. 1:21; 8:3; Jer. 14:2; 22:2.
Thrones of kings at, 1 Kin. 22:10; 2 Chr. 18:9; Jer. 38:7; 39:3.
Punishment of criminals outside of, Deut. 17:5; Jer. 20:2; Acts 7:58; Heb. 13:12.
Closed at night, Josh. 2:5, 7; on the Sabbath, Neh. 13:19.
Guards at, 2 Kin. 7:17; Neh. 13:19, 22.
Jails made in the towers of, Jer. 20:2.
Bodies of criminals exposed to view at, 2 Kin. 10:8.
Figurative
Of the people of a city, Isa. 3:26.
Of the gospel, Isa. 60:11.
Of the powers of hell, Matt. 16:18; of death, Job 38:17; Psa. 9:13; of the grave, Isa. 38:10.
Of righteousness, Psa. 118:19.
Of salvation, Gen. 28:17; Psa. 24:7; 118:19, 20; Isa. 26:2; Matt. 7:13.
Of death, Isa. 38:10.
Symbolical: Rev. 21:12, 13, 21, 25.