Deuteronomy 25:6-8

English Standard Version

⁶ And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that ^(A)his name may not be blotted out of Israel. ⁷ And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall ^(B)go up to the gate to the elders and say, ‘My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.’ ⁸ Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, ^(C)‘I do not wish to take her,’