And if the man does not desire to take his brother’s wife then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate, to the elders, and say, My husband’s brother is refusing to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he has not been willing to perform the duty of my levirate.
And his brother’s wife shall draw near to him before the elders, and shall draw off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So it shall be done to the man who will not build up the house of his brother.
And I said I would uncover your ear, saying, Buy it before those sitting, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem, redeem. But if you will not redeem, tell me so that I may know. For there is no one besides you to redeem, and I after you. And he said, I will redeem it.
And the near kinsman said, I am not able to redeem for myself, that I not mar my own inheritance. You redeem for yourself my right of redemption, for I am not able to redeem.
And this formerly was done in Israel for redemption, and for changing, to lift up every matter. A man would draw off his sandal and give to his neighbor. And this was the attestation in Israel.