Deuteronomy 25:7

New American Bible - revised edition

But if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, “My brother-in-law refuses to perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel and does not intend to perform his duty toward me.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:8

Thereupon the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists in saying, “I do not want to marry her,”

Ruth 4:11

All those at the gate, including the elders, said, “We do. May the Lord make this woman come into your house like Rachel and Leah, who between them built up the house of Israel. Prosper in Ephrathah! Bestow a name in Bethlehem!