“When brothers live together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. (A)Her husband’s brother shall have relations with her and take her to himself as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.

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If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.(A)

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24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘(A)If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up [a]children for his brother.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:24 Lit seed

24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.(A)

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