Genesis 34:20
34:20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate
of their city and spoke to the men of their city,
Ruth 4:1
Boaz Settles the Matter
4:1 Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, “Come here and sit down, ‘John Doe’!” So he came and sat down.
Jeremiah 32:12
32:12 I took both copies of the deed of purchase
and gave them to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah. I gave them to him in the presence
of my cousin
Hanamel, the witnesses who had signed the deed of purchase, and all the Judeans who were housed in the courtyard of the guardhouse.