Contracts by Consummating in the Presence of the Public at the Gate of the City

…to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

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.