New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Gates

• Design of Isa. 62:10
• Made of
  • Brass Ps. 107:16; Isa. 45:2
  • Iron Acts 12:10
• Often two-leaved Isa. 45:1
• Fastened with bars of iron Ps. 107:16; Isa. 45:2
• Made to
  • Cities 1 Ki. 17:10
  • Houses Lk. 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 Pr. 1:21
  • Courts of justice held at Dt. 16:18; 2 Sam. 15:2; Pr. 22:22, 23
  • Land sold at Gen. 23:10, 16
  • Land redeemed at Ruth 4:1
  • Markets held at 2 Ki. 7:1, 18
  • Proclamations made at Pr. 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 Pr. 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 Judg. 5:8; Isa. 22:7; Ezek. 21:15
  • Battering rams used against Ezek. 21:22
  • Experienced officers placed over 2 Ki. 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 Dt. 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 Ps. 118:19
  • Called gates of the Lord Ps. 118:20
  • Overlaid with gold 2 Ki. 18:16
  • One specially beautiful Acts 3:2
  • Levites the porters of 2 Chr. 8:14, 23:4
  • Charge of, given by lot 1 Chr. 26:13-19
  • The treasury placed at 2 Chr. 24:8; Mk. 12:41
  • The pious Israelites delighted to enter Ps. 118:19, 20, 100:4
  • Frequented by beggars Acts 3:2
• Of Jerusalem
  • High gate of Benjamin Jer. 20:2, 37:13
  • Fish gate 2 Chr. 33:14; Neh. 3:3
  • Sheep gate Neh. 3:1; Jn. 5:2
  • Gate of Miphkad Neh. 3:31
  • Gate of Ephraim Neh. 12:39
  • Valley gate 2 Chr. 26:9; Neh. 2:13
  • Water gate Neh. 3:26, 8:3
  • Horse gate 2 Chr. 23:15; Neh. 3:28
  • Old gate Neh. 3:6, 12:39
  • Corner gate 2 Chr. 26:9
  • Dung gate Neh. 3:14, 12:31
  • Gate of the fountain Neh. 3:15
• Carcase of sin-offering burned without Lev. 4:12; Heb. 13:11-13
• Criminals generally punished without Lev. 24:23; Jn. 19:17; Heb. 13:12
• Illustrative
  • Of Christ Jn. 10:9
  • (Of heaven,) of access to God Gen. 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