8 "Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he persists and says , 'I do not desire to take her,'

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:8

Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:5-12

(Read Deuteronomy 25:5-12)

The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.