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Gates: Holding Courts of Justice Deuteronomy 16:18

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

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Gates: Holding Courts of Justice Deuteronomy 21:19

his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,

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Gates: Holding Courts of Justice Deuteronomy 22:15

Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

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Gates: Holding Courts of Justice Joshua 20:4

When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

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Gates: Holding Courts of Justice Ruth 4:1

Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

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Gates: Holding Courts of Justice 2 Samuel 15:2

He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

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Gates: Holding Courts of Justice Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

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Gates: Holding Courts of Justice Zechariah 8:16

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

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