- Design of Isaiah 62:10
- MADE OF
- Brass Psalm 107:16; Isaiah 45:2
- Iron Acts 12:10
- Often two-leaved Isaiah 45:1
- Fastened with bars of iron Psalm 107:16; Isaiah 45:2
- MADE TO
- Cities 1 Kings 17:10
- Houses Luke 16:20; Acts 12:14
- Temples Acts 3:2
- Palaces Esther 5:13
- Prisons Acts 12:10
- Camps Exodus 32:26
- Rivers Nahum 2:6
- OF CITIES
- Chief places of concourse Proverbs 1:21
- Courts of justice held at Deuteronomy 16:18; 2 Samuel 15:2; Proverbs 22:22,23
- Land sold at Genesis 23:10,16
- Land redeemed at 2 Kings 7:1,18
- Markets held at 2 Kings 7:1,18
- Proclamations made at Proverbs 1:21; Jeremiah 17:19
- Councils of state held at 2 Chronicles 18:9; Jeremiah 39:3
- Conferences held at Genesis 34:20; 2 Samuel 3:27
- Public commendation given at Proverbs 31:23,31
- Public censure passed at Job 5:4; Isaiah 29:21
- Shut at night-fall Joshua 2:5; Nehemiah 13:19
- Chief points of attack in war Judges 5:8; Isaiah 22:7; Ezekiel 21:15
- Battering rams used against Ezekiel 21:22
- Experienced officers placed over 2 Kings 7:17
- Troops reviewed at, going to war 2 Samuel 18:4
- Often razed and burned Nehemiah 1:3; Lamentations 2:9
- Idolatrous rites performed at Acts 14:13
- Criminals punished at Deuteronomy 17:5; Jeremiah 20:2
- Custom of sitting at, in the evening, alluded to Genesis 19:1
- OF THE TEMPLE
- Called gates of Zion Lamentations 1:4
- Called gates of righteousness Psalm 118:19
- Called gates of the Lord Psalm 118:20
- Overlaid with gold 2 Kings 18:16
- One specially beautiful Acts 3:2
- Levites the porters of 2 Chronicles 8:14; 23:4
- Charge of, given by lot 1 Chronicles 26:13-19
- The treasury placed at 2 Chronicles 24:8; Mark 12:41
- The pious Israelites delighted to enter Psalm 118:19,20; 100:4
- Frequented by beggars Acts 3:2
- OF JERUSALEM
- High gate of Benjamin Jeremiah 20:2; 37:13
- Fish gate 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:3
- Sheep gate Nehemiah 3:1; John 5:2
- Gate of Miphkad Nehemiah 3:31
- Gate of Ephraim Nehemiah 12:39
- Valley gate 2 Chronicles 26:9; Nehemiah 2:13
- Water gate Nehemiah 3:26; 8:3
- Horse gate 2 Chronicles 23:15; Nehemiah 3:28
- Old gate Nehemiah 3:6; 12:39
- Corner gate 2 Chronicles 26:9
- Dung gate Nehemiah 3:14; 12:31
- Gate of the fountain Nehemiah 3:15
- Carcase of sin-offering burned without Leviticus 4:12; Hebrews 13:11-13
- Criminals generally punished without Leviticus 24:23; John 19:17; Hebrews 13:12
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of Christ John 10:9
- (Of heaven,) of access to God Genesis 28:12-17
- (Of hell,) of Satan's power Matthew 16:18
- (Of the grave,) of death Isaiah 38:10
- (Strait,) of the entrance to life Matthew 7:14
- (Wide,) of the entrance to ruin Matthew 7:13
Reuben Archer Torrey (28 January 1856 – 26 October 1928) was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. He aligned with Keswickian theology.[1]
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