Gate

The gate of a city was often a place for public business (Deut. 21:19; Ruth 4:1–11; 2 Sam. 3:27; 15:2; Job 31:21; Ps. 69:12; 127:5; Isa. 29:21; Jer. 38:7; Lam. 5:14; Amos 5:10–15). In heathen towns it was sometimes a place for sacrifice (Acts 14:13).