Back in the Hivite city there is a public gathering of all. Hamor and Shechem are completely taken in.
Note the quickest change of religion in the Bible. The Hivites are going to adopt the religion of the Jews. Fine, they will be circumcised if that is what it takes, but the motive is gain of the ‘meat that perishes’. Some people who are supposed to be evangelical will never learn how easily some will adopt religion for gain. They play right into the hands of this wrong motive when they offer salvation on the cheap – easy-believism. All the benefits of coming to Christ are emphasised, and nothing is said about repentance and the sinfulness of sin, and God’s hatred of it. Nothing is said about his holiness and his uncompromising standard. Consequently many are assured that they have found Christ who have never left the world, and the churches are filled with wood, hay and stubble. A faithful gospel presentation would have prevented this. It cost them a little discomfort, but that is all. The whole tribe – switched religion for gain.