Deuteronomy:25:5-10

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* If brethren dwell together , and one of them die , and have no child , the wife of the dead shall not be married abroad unto one not of his kin ; her husband 's brother shall go in unto her , and take her to him to wife , and perform the duty of a husband 's brother unto her . * And it shall be , that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead , that his name be not blotted out of Israel . * And if the man like not to take his brother 's wife , then his brother 's wife shall 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 a husband 's brother unto me .' * Then the elders of his city shall call him , and speak unto him ; and if he stand , and say : 'I like not to take her '; * then shall his brother 's wife draw nigh unto him in the presence of the elders , and loose his shoe from off his foot , and spit in his face ; and she shall answer and say : 'So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother 's house .' * And his name shall be called in Israel The house of him that had his shoe loosed .

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