Deuteronomy 25:5
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Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother
5 (A)“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
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Luke 20:28
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28 saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
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Mark 12:19
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19 “Teacher, (A)Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, and leaves his wife behind, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
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Matthew 22:24
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24 saying: “Teacher, (A)Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
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Genesis 38:8-9
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8 And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to (A)your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.” 9 But Onan knew that the heir would not be (B)his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother.
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Ruth 1:12-13
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12 Turn back, my daughters, go—for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and should also bear sons, 13 would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that (A)the hand of the Lord has gone out against me!”
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Ruth 4:5
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5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, (A)to [a]perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance.”
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- Ruth 4:5 Lit. raise up
Ruth 3:9
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9 And he said, “Who are you?”
So she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. (A)Take[a] your maidservant under your wing, for you are (B)a [b]close relative.”
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