Deuteronomy 25:5-9

⁵When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

⁶The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

⁷But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

⁸Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

⁹his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

— Deuteronomy 25:5-9

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Cross References for Deuteronomy 25:5-9

• Luke 20:28
• Matthew 22:24
• Mark 12:19
• Genesis 38:8-9
• Ruth 1:12-13
• Ruth 4:7-8
• Numbers 12:14
• Ruth 4:6
• Mark 10:34
• John 1:27

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