Thematic Bible: The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions
Thematic Bible
Gates » The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions
(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- before all who entered the gate of his city --
So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.