Deuteronomy 25: 5

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THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
DEUTERONOMY

CHAPTER 25

5 ¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the ^awife of the dead shall not marry ^bwithout unto a stranger: her ^chusband’s ^dbrother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an ^ehusband’s brother unto her.

Footnotes

5a	TG Widows.
b	OR outside the family.
c	Ruth 1: 11. 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more ^asons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Ruth 3: 12. 12 And now it is true that I am thy ^anear kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
d	Ruth 4: 5. 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the ^awife of the dead, to raise up the ^bname of the dead upon his inheritance. Matt. 22: 24 (23-33) 24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his ^abrother shall ^bmarry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Mark 12: 19. 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his ^abrother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Luke 20: 28 (27-38) 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s ^abrother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his ^bbrother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
e	TG Marriage, Fatherhood.