Genesis 34:20

The Rape Of Dinah And The Massacre At Shechem

¹⁹ And the youth deferred not to do the word, for he delighted in Jacob's daughter, and he was honorable more than all his father's house. ²⁰ And Hamor will come, and Shechem his son, to the gate of their city, and they will speak to the men of the city, saying, ²¹ These men they are living peacefully with us, and they shall dwell in the land, and traffic in it; and the land, behold, being broad to the hands be. fore them: we will take their daughters to us for wives, and give our daughters to them.

City Gate

Hamor

Shechem

Ruth 4:1

And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there: and behold, the blood relation whom Boaz spake of, passing by; and he will say, Turn aside, sit down here; thou such a one. And he will turn aside, and sit down.

Genesis 22:17

That praising, I will praise thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand upon the lip of the sea; and thy seed shall inherit the gate of his enemies.

Genesis 23:10

And Ephron dwelt in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite will answer Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all going to the gate of his city, saying,

Deuteronomy 17:5

And bring thou forth that man or that woman who did this evil word, to thy gates, the man and the woman, and stone them with stones, and they died.

2 Samuel 15:2

And Absalom rose early and stood by the hand of the way of the gate: and it will be every man which shall be to him strife coming to the king for judgment, and Absalom will call to him and say, Where, from what city thou? And he will say, of one of the tribes of Israel is thy servant

Job 29:7

In my going forth to the gate upon the city, in the street I shall prepare my seat

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband was known in the gates, in his sitting with the old men of the land.

Amos 5:10

They hated him setting right in the gate, and they will abhor the perfect word.

Amos 5:12

For I knew your many transgressions, and your strong sins: pressing upon the just, taking a ransom, and they turned away the needy in the gate

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and set ye judgment in the gate: perhaps Jehovah God of armies will compassionate the remnant of Joseph.

Zechariah 8:16

These the words which ye shall do: speak the truth each with his neighbor; truth and the judgment of peace judge ye in your gates.