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gates

Meaning of “gates”

Movable barriers and the entrances they close in walls, cities, courts, houses, or enclosed places; by extension, the city, jurisdiction, public place, or access represented by those entrances.

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144 occurrences132 verses25 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 20:10

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Revelation 21:25
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 21:25 · retained source text

And the gates of it shall not bee shut at all by day: for there shall bee no night there.

1611 marginal noteEsai. 60.11.

Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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1611 witness · Revelation 22:14 · retained source text

Blessed are they that do his commandements, that they may haue right to the tree of life, and may enter in thorow the gates into the citie.

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