Genesis 34:20

Good News Translation

Hamor and his son Shechem went to the meeting place at the city gate and spoke to the people of the town:

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.

Genesis 23:10

Ephron himself was sitting with the other Hittites at the meeting place at the city gate; he answered in the hearing of everyone there,

Genesis 34:19

and the young man lost no time in doing what was suggested, because he was in love with Jacob's daughter. He was the most important member of his family.

Genesis 34:21

“These men are friendly; let them live in the land with us and travel freely. The land is large enough for them also. Let us marry their daughters and give them ours in marriage.

2 Samuel 15:2

He would get up early and go and stand by the road at the city gate. Whenever 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. And after the man had told him what tribe he was from,

Job 29:7

Whenever the city elders met and I took my place among them,

Psalm 127:5

Happy is the man who has many such arrows. He will never be defeated when he meets his enemies in the place of judgment.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is well known, one of the leading citizens.

Amos 5:10

You people hate anyone who challenges injustice and speaks the whole truth in court.

Amos 5:12

I know how terrible your sins are and how many crimes you have committed. You persecute good people, take bribes, and prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.

Amos 5:15

Hate what is evil, love what is right, and see that justice prevails in the courts. Perhaps the Lord will be merciful to the people of this nation who are still left alive.

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things you should do: Speak the truth to one another. In the courts give real justice—the kind that brings peace.

Deuteronomy 17:5

then take them outside the town and stone them to death.

Ruth 4:1

Boaz went to the meeting place at the town gate and sat down there. Then Elimelech's nearest relative, the man whom Boaz had mentioned, came by, and Boaz called to him, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.