Contracts by Consummating in the Presence of the Public at the Gate of the City
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Genesis 23:18
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
Ruth 4:1, 2
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. / Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.