Verse 4

And he that doeth flee vnto one of those cities, shall stand at the entring of the gate of the citie, and shall shewe his cause to the Elders of the citie: and they shall receiue him into the citie vnto them, and giue him a place, that hee may dwell with them.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 38:7 : 7 Now when Ebed-melech ye blacke More one of ye Eunuches, which was in the kings house, heard that they had put Ieremiah in the dungeon (then the King sate in the gate of Beniamin)
• Ruth 4:1-2 : 1 Then went Boaz vp to the gate, and sate there, and beholde, the kinsman, of whome Boaz had spoken, came by: and he sayd, Ho, snch one, come, sit downe here; he turned, and sate downe. 2 Then he tooke ten men of the Elders of the citie, and sayd, Sit ye downe here; they sate downe.
• Job 5:4 : 4 His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, & none shall deliuer them.
• Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.
• Ps 26:9 : 9 Gather not my soule with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodie men:
• Prov 31:23 : 23 Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth with the Elders of the land.
• Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,