Genesis 34:20

The Rape Of Dinah And The Massacre At Shechem

¹⁹ The young man did not delay to do what was required. This was because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. He was the most honored of all his family. ²⁰ So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, ²¹ These people are friendly toward us. So let them live in our land and move about freely in the area. Look, there is plenty of room in this land for them. We can marry their daughters and let them marry ours.

City Gate

Hamor

Shechem

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.

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.

2 Samuel 15:2

He would rise early in the morning and stand by the road at the city gate. When someone came there with a dispute that he wanted the king to settle, Absalom would call him over and ask him where he was from. After the man told him what tribe he was from,

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).

Amos 5:12

I know you have many transgressions and your sins are great. You afflict the righteous. You take bribes. You refuse to help the needy at the gate.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, and love good! Establish justice in the gate. It may be that Jehovah, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

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).