He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate ¹  of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. ¹  There they executed her.

How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame ¹  when they confront ²  enemies at the city gate.

He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.

But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man ¹  at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. ²  This fulfilled the prophet’s word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him. ³ 

The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. ¹  The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out. ¹ 

Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. ¹  Announce there what I tell you. ² 

When King Zedekiah of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they tried to escape. They departed from the city during the night. They took a path through the king’s garden and passed out through the gate between the two walls. ¹  Then they headed for the Jordan Valley. ² 

On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables.

So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they ¹  all came before him.But the Israelite soldiers ²  had all fled to their own homes. ³ 

The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; ¹  whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction. ² 

The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

with hangings on one side ¹  of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases,

As Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate, he said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers. ¹ 

Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.