²⁰ So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city^(A) and spoke to the men of their city.

²⁴ All the men^(A) who had come to the city gates listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and all those men were circumcised.

Ruth and Boaz Marry

4 Boaz went to the gate of the town^(A) and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz said, “Come over here^[a] and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.