Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Bible References

The gate

Genesis 22:17
That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
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,
Deuteronomy 17:5
Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.
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.
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.
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.
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain