6. The first son she has must be named for the dead brother. Then his name will not be forgotten in Israel.
7. But a man might not want to marry his brother’s widow. Then she should go to the elders at the town gate. And she should say, “My brother-in-law will not carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He refuses to do his duty for me.”
8. Then the elders of the town must call for the man and talk to him. But he might be stubborn and say, “I don’t want to marry her.”
9. If he does, the woman must go up to him in front of the elders. She must take off one of his sandals. She must spit in his face and say, “This is for the man who won’t continue his brother’s family!”
10. Then that man’s family shall be known in Israel as the Family of the Unsandaled.
11. Two men might be fighting. And one man’s wife comes to save her husband from his attacker. And she grabs the attacker by his sex organs.
12. You must cut off her hand. Give her no mercy.