7 “Now if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, his brother’s widow should then go to the elders at the city gate and say, ‘My husband’s brother has refused to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He has not consented to perform brother-in-law marriage with me.’

4 Now Boʹaz went up to the city gate+ and sat there. And look! the repurchaser whom Boʹaz had mentioned+ passed by. At that Boʹaz said: “Come here and sit down, So-and-so.” And he went over and sat down.