Deuteronomy 25:7-9

Revised Geneva Translation

⁷ “And if the man will not take his kinswoman, then let his kinswoman go up to the gate, to the elders, and say, ‘My kinsman refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not do the office of a kinsman to me.’

⁸ “Then the elders of the city shall call him and commune with him. If he stands and says, ‘I will not take her’,

⁹ “then his kinswoman shall come to him in the presence of the elders and loosen his shoe from his foot and spit in his face and answer, and say, ‘So shall it be done to that man who will not build up his brother’s house.’