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