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
I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies' cities.
Genesis 23:10
Ephron was sitting with the other Hittites at the meeting place at the city gate. He answered in the hearing of everyone there:
Deuteronomy 17:5
Bring that man or woman who has done this evil deed out to your gates. Stone the man or the woman to death.
Ruth 4:1
Boaz went to the public place in the town and sat down. When the kinsman-redeemer came along, the one he had mentioned, Boaz said: Come here, and sit down. He came and was seated.
Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square,
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.
Amos 5:10
You hate the one who reproves in the gate, and abhor him who speaks the truth (with integrity).
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things that you should do. Every man should speak the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates (towns).