“And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.”
But if the man does not wish to marry his brother's widow, then his brother's widow shall 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' — the woman has recourse; she brings her case publicly to the elders. The refusal is shameful and must be witnessed by the community.
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