The gate is the place of public gathering, of business, and of justice in Eastern cities (see Judges 19:15 note; Genesis 34:20; [Refere…

Went up. This was because the town stood on a hill; similarly, in Ruth 3:3, Ruth is told to go down to the threshing floo…

In the middle of the day, as Josephus ^F4 says, to the gate of the city, where pe…

This matter depended on the laws given by Moses about inheritances, and undoubtedly the whole was settled in the regular and legal manner. This kin…