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24 “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies without having children, his brother[a] is to marry his brother’s wife and raise up children for his brother.

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  1. Matthew 22:24 If a man dies . . . his brother: this custom is known as the “law of the levirate,” from the Latin word for brother-in-law (levir). It was intended to continue the family line of the deceased brother (see Deut 25:6).

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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24 說:「老師,摩西說,『如果一個人死了,沒有兒女,只留下妻子,他的兄弟就當娶嫂嫂,替哥哥傳宗接代。』

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