Deuteronomy 25:5–10

^5eIf brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her ^||husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and ^||perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her. ⁶And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth ^fshall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that ^ghis name be not put out of Israel. ⁷And if the man like not to take his ^||brother’s wife, then let his ^||brother’s wife go up to the ^hgate 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. ⁸Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, ⁱI like not to take her; ⁹Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and ^kloose his shoe from off his foot, and ^lspit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not ^mbuild up his brother’s house. ¹⁰And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.