Deuteronomy 25:7

Tree of Life Version

But if the man does not want to take his brother’s widow, his brother’s widow is to go to the elders at the gate and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to carry on his brother’s name in Israel—he is unwilling to perform a brother-in-law’s duty for me.’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:8

Then the elders of his town are to summon him and speak to him. And if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not desire to take her,’

Ruth 4:11

All the people at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May Adonai make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, who both built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrath and be renowned in Bethlehem.