Verse 4

`When `one' hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood `at' the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 38:7 : 7 And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who `is' in the king's house, heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin,
• Ruth 4:1-2 : 1 And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, `Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;' and he turneth aside and sitteth down. 2 And he taketh ten men of the elders of the city, and saith, `Sit down here;' and they sit down.
• Job 5:4 : 4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
• Job 29:7 : 7 When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
• Ps 26:9 : 9 Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,
• Prov 31:23 : 23 Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.
• Heb 6:18 : 18 that through two immutable things, in which `it is' impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before `us',