⁶ Then^[a] the first son^[b] she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel. ⁷ But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, then she^[c] must go to the elders at the town gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!” ⁸ Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, “I don’t want to marry her,”