Ruth 4:1

Then Boaz went up to the city gate [where business and legal matters were settled] and sat down, and then the close relative (redeemer) of whom Boaz had spoken came by. He said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down.” So he came and sat down.

Ruth 3:12

It is true that I am your close relative and redeemer; however, there is a relative closer [to you] than I.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 17:5

then you shall bring that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to the gates [of your city] and you shall stone the man or the woman to death.

Deuteronomy 21:19

then his father and mother shall take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s [widowed] wife, then she shall go up to the gate [of the city, where court is held] to the elders, and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to continue his brother’s name in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband’s brother.’

Job 29:7

“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,

Job 31:21

If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,

Isaiah 55:1

“Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no money come, buy grain and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without cost [simply accept it as a gift from God].

Amos 5:10-12

They hate the one who reprimands [the unrighteous] in the [court held at the city] gate [regarding him as unreasonable and rejecting his reprimand],
And they detest him who speaks [the truth] with integrity and honesty.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good,
And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate.
Perhaps the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God’s judgment].

Zechariah 2:6

“Hear this! Flee from [Babylon] the land of the north [which shall come under judgment],” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ruth 4:1

Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

To the gate

Amos 5:10

The kinsman

Ruth 3:12

Ho, such

Isaiah 55:1

Zechariah 2:6

General references

Job 29:7

Bible References

To the gate

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

then you shall bring that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to the gates [of your city] and you shall stone the man or the woman to death.

then his father and mother shall take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.

“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,

If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,

The kinsman

It is true that I am your close relative and redeemer; however, there is a relative closer [to you] than I.

Ho, such

“Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no money come, buy grain and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without cost [simply accept it as a gift from God].

“Hear this! Flee from [Babylon] the land of the north [which shall come under judgment],” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord.

General references

“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,