Thematic Bible: Held at the gates
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then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.
You shall appoint judges and officers for yourself in all your gates which Jehovah your God gives you, tribe by tribe. And they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, nor is there any to deliver them.