Deuteronomy 25:5-10
1599 Geneva Bible
5 ¶ (A)If brethren dwell together, and one of them die and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not marry without, that is, unto a stranger, but his [a]kinsman shall go in unto her, and take her to wife, and do the kinsman’s office to her.
6 And the firstborn which she beareth, shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
7 And if the man will not take his kinswoman, then let his kinswoman go up to the gate unto the Elders, and say, My kinsman refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel: he will not do the office of a kinsman unto me.
8 Then the Elders of the city shall call him, and commune with him: if he stand and say, I will not take her,
9 Then shall his kinswoman come unto him in the presence of the Elders, and loose his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and answer, and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.
10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him whose shoe is put off.
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- Deuteronomy 25:5 Because the Hebrew word signifieth not the natural brother, and the word that signifieth a brother, is taken also for a kinsman: it seemeth that it is not meant that the natural brother should marry his brother’s wife, but some other of the kindred that was in that degree which might marry.
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