Boaz went up to the city gate and sat down there. Then he saw the kinsman-redeemer that he mentioned come by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, ‘unnamed-character,’ and sit down!” So he turned and sat down.
You are to appoint judges and officers for all your town gates that YHWH your God gives you, according to your tribes. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
Then the elders and everyone at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May YHWH make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.