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 bless thee and multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea side. And thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies.
Genesis 23:10
For Ephron dwelled among the children of Heth. Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his city, saying,
Deuteronomy 17:5
then thou shalt bring forth that man or that woman which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates and shalt stone them with stones and they shall die.
Ruth 4:1
Then went Boaz unto the gate and sat him down there. And behold, the kinsman of which Boaz spake came by. Unto whom he said, "Come and sit down here, and called him by his name." And he turned in and sat down.
Job 29:7
When I went through the city unto the gate, and when they set me a chair in the street;
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is much set by in the gates, when he sitteth among the rulers of the land.
Amos 5:10
But they owe him evil will, that reproveth them openly: and whoso telleth them the plain truth, they abhor him.
Zechariah 8:16
Now the things that ye shall do, are these: Speak every man the truth unto his neighbour, execute judgment truly, and peaceably within your ports,