Deuteronomy 25:7

New King James Version

But 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 a name to his brother 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. But if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not want to take her,’

Ruth 4:11

And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.