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 in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis 23:10
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, of all that entered the gates of his city, saying,
Deuteronomy 17:5
Then shalt thou bring forth to thy gates that man or that woman, who have committed that wicked thing, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
Ruth 4:1
Then Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there: and behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: