Deuteronomy 25:7-10

Good News Translation

^7 (A)But if the dead man's brother does not want to marry her, she is to go before the town leaders and say, ‘My husband's brother will not do his duty; he refuses to give his brother a descendant among the people of Israel.’ ⁸ Then the town leaders are to summon him and speak to him. If he still refuses to marry her, ⁹ his brother's widow is to go up to him in the presence of the town leaders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face, and say, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to give his brother a descendant.’ ¹⁰ His family will be known in Israel as ‘the family of the man who had his sandal pulled off.’