Bible Dictionary: Gates: Closed at Night

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Nave's Topical Index

Joshua 2:5,7
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: where the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for you shall overtake them.
Nave's Topical Index

Library

The "Little Knife" Insurrection
... thieves. In the winter season, when men have more leisure and more temptation
to plunder, these gates are closed every night. During ...
/.../fagg/forty years in south china/vi the little knife insurrection.htm

His Journey to Rome, Venice, Jerusalem, and the Holy Land
... After reaching the city, he found the gates closed. He spent the night in a damp
church, and in the morning sought to enter the city, but could not obtain ...
/.../loyola/the autobiography of st ignatius/chapter iv his journey to.htm

Everybody's Sermon
... the bars of immutable justice shall have fast closed the gates ... shall have shut his
children within the gates of Paradise ... And at night time thou wast startled. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/everybodys sermon.htm

On the Incarnation and Redemption
... At night these gates were closed and guarded. Nearly all the people lived within
the walls and the country was lonely and almost deserted. ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 7 on the incarnation.htm

The Capture of Jericho and Ai
... Now Jericho had closed its gates because of ... he had the ark of Jehovah carried around
the city once; then they returned to the camp and spent the night there ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/the capture of jericho and.htm

Be Diligent
... 'The gates' of the New Jerusalem 'shall not be closed day nor night'; but through
the ever-open gates none can pass except they who have washed their robes and ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/be diligent.htm

On the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
... When he arrived before the gates, they closed themselves by ... Then the gates opened
of themselves, and he bore it into ... God seldom allows a day or a night to pass ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tauler/the inner way/sermon xxi on the exaltation.htm

Angelic Comforters.
... swept majestically upwards"till (dimming on their view) the gates of heaven closed
on Him ... of God shouted for joy"onwards to the eventful night when they ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xxii angelic comforters.htm

In Christ and in Ephesus
... But we must guard these plants by keeping the gates of our hearts closed night and
day against evil. Only thus can we keep pure and acceptable to God. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk thirty-four in christ and.htm

Diamond Said Nothing to his Mother About his Adventures. ...
... at a bed of tulips, which, although they had closed for the ... You would like to go
with me to-night?". ... went out by the wicket in the-coach-house gates, and then ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 5 diamond said nothing.htm