Gates.

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Design of. Isa. 62:10.
MADE OF
Brass. Psa. 107:16. Isa. 45:2.
Iron. Acts 12:10.
Often two-leaved. Isa. 45:1.
Fastened with bars of ' iron. Psa. 107:16. Isa. 45:2.
MADE TO
Cities. 1 Kin. 17:10.
Houses. Luke 16:20. Acts 12:14.
Temples. Acts 3:2.
Palaces. Esther 5:13.
Prisons. Acts 12:10.
Camps. Ex. 32:26.
Rivers. Nah. 2:6.
OF CITIES
Chief places of concourse. Prov. 1:21.
Courts of justice held at. Deu. 16:18. 2 Sam. 15:2. Prov. 22:22, 23.
Land sold at. Gen. 23:10, 16.
Land redeemed at. Ruth 4:1.
Markets held at. 2 Kin. 7:1, 18.
Proclamations made at. Pro. 1:21. Jer. 17:19.
Councils of state held at. 2 Chr. 18:9. Jer. 39:3.
Conferences held at. Gen. 34:20. 2 Sam. 3:27.
Public commendation given at. Prov. 31:23, 31.
Public censure passed at. Job 5:4. Isa. 29:21.
Shut at night-fall. Josh. 2:5. Neh. 13:19.
Chief points of attack in war. Jud. 5:8. Isa. 22:7. Ezek. 21:15.
Battering rams used against. Eze. 21:22.
Experienced officers placed over. 2 Kin. 7:17.
Troops reviewed at, going to war. 2 Sam. 18:4.
Often razed and burned. Neh. 1:3. Lam. 2:9.
Idolatrous rites performed at. Acts 14:13.
Criminals punished at. Deut. 17:5. Jer. 20:2.
Custom of sitting at, in the evening, alluded to. Gen. 19:1.
OF THE TEMPLE
Called gates of Zion. Lam. 1:4.
Called gates of righteousness. Psa. 118:19.
Called gates of the Lord. Psa. 118:20.
Overlaid with gold. 2 Kin. 18:16.
One specially beautiful. Acts 3:2.
Levite the porters of. 2 Chr. 26:13-19.
Charge of, given by lot. 1 Chron. 26:8. Mar. 12:41.
The treasury placed at. 2 Chr. 24: 8. Mar. 2:41.
The pious Israelites delighted to enter. Psa. 118:19, 20. Psa. 100:4.
Frequented by beggars. Acts 3:2.
OF JERUSALEM
High gate of Benjamin. Jer. 20:2. Jer. 37:13.
Fish gate. 2 Neh. 31 Neh. 3:3.
Sheep gate. Neh. 3:1. John 5:2. (marg.)
Gate of Miphkad. Neh. 3:31.
Gate of Ephraim. Neh. 12:39.
Valley gate. 2 Chr. 26:29. Neh. 2:13.
Water gate. Neh. 3:26. Neh. 8:3.
Horse gate. 2 Chr. 23:15. Neh. 3:28.
Old gate. Neh. 3:6. Neh. 12:39.
Corner gate. 2 Chr. 26:9.
Dung gate. Neh. 3:14. Neh. 12:31.
Gate of the fountain. Neh. 3:15.
Carcass of sin-offering burned without. Lev. 4:12. Heb. 13:11-13.
Criminals generally punished without. Lev. 24:23. John 19:17, with Heb. 13:12.
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of Christ. John 10:9.
(Of heaven.) 17 of access to God. Gen. 28:12-17.
(Of hell,) of Satan's power. Matt. 16:18.
(Of the grave,) of death. Isa. 38:10.
(Strait,) of the entrance to life. Matt. 7:14.
(Wide,) of the entrance to ruin. Matt. 7:13.