Mark 12:19
New King James Version
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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Deuteronomy 25:5-10
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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. 6 And it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears (B)will succeed to the name of his dead brother, that (C)his name may not be blotted out of Israel. 7 But if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the (D)gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’ 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, (E)‘I do not want to take her,’ 9 then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, (F)remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who will not (G)build up his brother’s house.’ 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal removed.’
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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 1:11-13
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11 But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, (A)that they may be your husbands? 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 (B)the hand of the Lord has gone out against me!”
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Genesis 38:8
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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.”
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