GATES

- Design of Isa 62:10 - MADE OF . Brass Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2 . Iron Ac 12:10 - Often two-leaved Isa 45:1 - Fastened with bars of iron Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2 - MADE TO . Cities 1Ki 17:10 . Houses Lu 16:20; Ac 12:14 . Temples Ac 3:2 . Palaces Es 5:13 . Prisons Ac 12:10 . Camps Ex 32:26 . Rivers Na 2:6 - OF CITIES . Chief places of concourse Pr 1:21 . Courts of justice held at De 16:18; 2Sa 15:2; Pr 22:22,23 . Land sold at Ge 23:10,16 . Land redeemed at 2Ki 7:1,18 . Markets held at 2Ki 7:1,18 . Proclamations made at Pr 1:21; Jer 17:19 . Councils of state held at 2Ch 18:9; Jer 39:3 . Conferences held at Ge 34:20; 2Sa 3:27 . Public commendation given at Pr 31:23,31 . Public censure passed at Job 5:4; Isa 29:21 . Shut at night-fall Jos 2:5; Ne 13:19 . Chief points of attack in war Jud 5:8; Isa 22:7; Eze 21:15 . Battering rams used against Eze 21:22 . Experienced officers placed over 2Ki 7:17 . Troops reviewed at, going to war 2Sa 18:4 . Often razed and burned Ne 1:3; La 2:9 . Idolatrous rites performed at Ac 14:13 . Criminals punished at De 17:5; Jer 20:2 . Custom of sitting at, in the evening, alluded to Ge 19:1 - OF THE TEMPLE . Called gates of Zion La 1:4 . Called gates of righteousness Ps 118:19 . Called gates of the Lord Ps 118:20 . Overlaid with gold 2Ki 18:16 . One specially beautiful Ac 3:2 . Levites the porters of 2Ch 8:14; 23:4 . Charge of, given by lot 1Ch 26:13-19 . The treasury placed at 2Ch 24:8; Mr 12:41 . The pious Israelites delighted to enter Ps 118:19,20; 100:4 . Frequented by beggars Ac 3:2 - OF JERUSALEM . High gate of Benjamin Jer 20:2; 37:13 . Fish gate 2Ch 33:14; Ne 3:3 . Sheep gate Ne 3:1; Joh 5:2 . Gate of Miphkad Ne 3:31 . Gate of Ephraim Ne 12:39 . Valley gate 2Ch 26:9; Ne 2:13 . Water gate Ne 3:26; 8:3 . Horse gate 2Ch 23:15; Ne 3:28 . Old gate Ne 3:6; 12:39 . Corner gate 2Ch 26:9 . Dung gate Ne 3:14; 12:31 . Gate of the fountain Ne 3:15 - Carcase of sin-offering burned without Le 4:12; Heb 13:11-13 - Criminals generally punished without Le 24:23; Joh 19:17; Heb 13:12 - ILLUSTRATIVE . Of Christ Joh 10:9 . (Of heaven,) of access to God Ge 28:12-17 . (Of hell,) of Satan's power Mt 16:18 . (Of the grave,) of death Isa 38:10 . (Strait,) of the entrance to life Mt 7:14 . (Wide,) of the entrance to ruin Mt 7:13

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GATES. → Of cities De 3:5; Jos 6:26; 1Sa 23:7; 2Sa 18:24; 2Ch 8:5 → Made of iron Ac 12:10 → Made of wood Ne 1:3 → Made of brass Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2 → Double doors Isa 45:1; Eze 41:24 → The open square of, a place for idlers Ge 19:1; 1Sa 4:18; Ps 69:12; Pr 1:21; Jer 17:19,20 → Religious services held at Ac 14:13 → The law read at Ne 8 → The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions Ge 23:10,16 → Conferences on public affairs Ge 34:20 → Holding courts of justice De 16:18; 21:19; 22:15; Jos 20:4; Ru 4:1; 2Sa 15:2; Pr 22:22; Zec 8:16 → Place for public concourse Ge 23:10; Pr 1:21; 8:3; Jer 14:2; 22:2 → Thrones of kings at 1Ki 22:10; 2Ch 18:9; Jer 38:7; 39:3 → Punishment of criminals outside of De 17:5; Jer 20:2; Ac 7:58; Heb 13:12 → Closed at night Jos 2:5,7 → Closed on the Sabbath Ne 13:19 → Guards at 2Ki 7:17; Ne 13:19,22 → Jails made in the towers of Jer 20:2 → Bodies of criminals exposed to view at 2Ki 10:8 → FIGURATIVE
* Of the people of a city Isa 3:26
* Of the gospel Isa 60:11
* Of the powers of hell (Hades) Mt 16:18
* Of death Job 38:17; Ps 9:13
* Of the grave Isa 38:10
* Of righteousness Ps 118:19
* Of salvation Ge 28:17; Ps 24:7; 118:19,20; Isa 26:2; Mt 7:13
* Of death Isa 38:10

→ SYMBOLICAL Re 21:12,13,21,25

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(1) Of Cities and Towns as places of Business Ge 23:10; 34:20; De 16:18; 21:19; 22:15; Jos 20:4; Ru 4:1 2Sa 15:2; 1Ki 22:10; Pr 1:21; 22:22; Jer 14:2; Zec 8:16 (2) Punishment of Criminals outside of De 17:5; Jer 20:2; Heb 13:12 (3) Of Jerusalem 2Ki 14:13; 2Ch 25:23; Ne 3:13,26; 12:39 (4) Of the Temple 2Ki 15:35; Jer 26:10; Eze 46:1; Ac 3:2