Deuteronomy 25:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ The first son that they have will be considered the son of the dead man, so that his family line will continue in Israel. ^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,