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Ruth 4:1
And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.

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Ruth 4:2
Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.

Deuteronomy 21:19
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

Genesis 34:20
Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

Deuteronomy 16:18
You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

Job 29:7
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.

Joshua 20:4
And if anyone goes in flight to one of those towns, and comes into the public place of the town, and puts his cause before the responsible men of the town, they will take him into the town and give him a place among them where he may be safe.

Genesis 19:1
And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.

Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,

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Ruth 3:12
Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.

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Job 19:25
But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;

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Amos 5:10
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

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Amos 5:12
For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

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