Job 29:7

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When I went out to the city gate, and took my seat in the public square,

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  • Deut 16:18 : 18 Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.
  • Ruth 4:1-2 : 1 Boaz went up to the city gate and sat down there. Just then, the kinsman-redeemer he had spoken about came by. Boaz said, 'Come over here, my friend, and sit down.' So he went over and sat down. 2 Boaz took ten men from the elders of the city and said, 'Sit here,' and they sat down.
  • Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things you must do: Speak the truth to one another, render true and just judgments in your gates,
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.'
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my support in the gate,
  • Deut 21:19 : 19 his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

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