Genesis 38:8
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8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to (A)your brother's wife and (B)perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
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Deuteronomy 25:5
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Laws Concerning Levirate Marriage
5 (A)“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her (B)husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
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Matthew 22:24
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24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, (A)‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’
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Mark 12:19
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19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that (A)if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man[a] must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
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- Mark 12:19 Greek his brother
Luke 20:28
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28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us (A)that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man[a] must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
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- Luke 20:28 Greek his brother
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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