Thematic Bible: Held at the gates
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then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
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. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,