Thematic Bible: Held at the gates
Thematic Bible
Courts of justice » Inferior » Held at the gates
his father and mother must take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown.
Verse Concepts
“Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
Verse Concepts
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men there.
Verse Concepts
They are crushed at the city gate,
with no one to rescue them.