Deuteronomy 25:7

New Century Version

But if a man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she should go to the elders at the town gate. She should say, “My brother-in-law will not carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He refuses to do his duty for me.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:8

Then the elders of the town must call for the man and talk to him. But if he is stubborn and says, “I don’t want to marry her,”

Ruth 4:11

So all the people and elders who were at the city gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is coming into your home, like Rachel and Leah, who had many children and built up the people of Israel. May you become powerful in the district of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.