Deuteronomy 25:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But if the man has no desire to marry his brother’s widow, then his brother’s widow shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:8

Then the elders of his town shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, ‘I have no desire to marry 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 into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;