Deuteronomy 25:7-9

New International Reader's Version

⁷ But suppose the man doesn’t want to marry his brother’s wife. Then she will go to the elders at the gate of the town. She will say, “My husband’s brother refuses to keep his brother’s name alive in Israel. He won’t do for me what a brother-in-law is supposed to do.” ⁸ Then the elders in his town will send for him. They will talk to him. But he still might say, “I don’t want to marry her.” ⁹ Then his brother’s widow will go up to him in front of the elders. She’ll pull one of his sandals off his foot. She’ll spit in his face. And she’ll say, “That’s what we do to a man who won’t build up his brother’s family line.”