⁹ his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals,^(A) spit in his face^(B) and say, “This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother’s family line.”

¹¹ Then the elders and all the people at the gate^(A) said, “We are witnesses.^(B) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,^(C) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah^(D) and be famous in Bethlehem.^(E)