Thematic Bible: Held at the gates
Thematic Bible
Courts of justice » Inferior » Held at the gates
then his father and mother shall take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
Verse Concepts
“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Verse Concepts
Then Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their [walled] city [where the leading men would meet] and spoke with the men of the city, saying,
Verse Concepts
“His children are far from safety [and included in their father’s ruin],
They are oppressed and crushed in the [court of justice in the city’s] gate,
And there is no