Deuteronomy 25:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, 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 city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he persists, saying, ‘I do not wish to take her,’

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate, and 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 prosper in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem;