Deuteronomy 25:7

Modern English Version

If the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up his brother’s name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:8

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him, and if he persists and says, “I do not want to take her,”

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you do well in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem!