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Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the grain.

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her. And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

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Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.(A)

If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.(B) The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.(C)

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