Deuteronomy 25:8

Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

World English Bible

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her,”

American Standard Version

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the Elders of his citie shall call him, and commune with him: if he stand and say, I wil not take her,

Darby Translation

Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak unto him; and if he stand to it and say, I like not to take her;

Young's Literal Translation

and the elders of his city have called for him, and spoken unto him, and he hath stood and said, I have no desire to take her;

Bible in Basic English

Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;

In context

7But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

9his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

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