Genesis 34:20

20So Hamor and his son Shechem acame to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Deuteronomy 17:5

5then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you bshall stone that man or woman to death with stones.

Ruth 4:1

Boaz Redeems Ruth

1Now Boaz had gone up to cthe gate and sat down there. And behold, dthe redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down.

Ruth 4:11

11Then all the people who were eat the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, fwho together gbuilt up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in hEphrathah and ibe renowned in Bethlehem,
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