Genesis 34:20

New Living Translation

and he went with his father, Hamor, to present this proposal to the leaders at the town gate.

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.

Genesis 23:10

Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.

Genesis 34:19

Shechem wasted no time in acting on this request, for he wanted Jacob’s daughter desperately. Shechem was a highly respected member of his family,

Genesis 34:21

“These men are our friends,” they said. “Let’s invite them to live here among us and trade freely. Look, the land is large enough to hold them. We can take their daughters as wives and let them marry ours.

2 Samuel 15:2

He got up early every morning and went out to the gate of the city. When people brought a case to the king for judgment, Absalom would ask where in Israel they were from, and they would tell him their tribe.

Job 29:7

“Those were the days when I went to the city gate and took my place among the honored leaders.

Psalm 127:5

How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is well known at the city gates, where he sits with the other civic leaders.

Amos 5:10

How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!

Amos 5:12

For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.

Zechariah 8:16

But this is what you must do: Tell the truth to each other. Render verdicts in your courts that are just and that lead to peace.

Deuteronomy 17:5

then the man or woman who has committed such an evil act must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death.

Ruth 4:1

Boaz went to the town gate and took a seat there. Just then the family redeemer he had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, “Come over here and sit down, friend. I want to talk to you.” So they sat down together.