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Deuteronomy 25:5 (100.00%)

If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.

If brethren H251 dwell H3427 (8799) together H3162, and one H259 of them die H4191 (8804), and have no child H1121, the wife H802 of the dead H4191 (8801) shall not marry without H2351 unto a stranger H376 H2114 (8801): her husband’s brother H2993 shall go in H935 (8799) unto her, and take H3947 (8804) her to him to wife H802, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother H2992 (8762) unto her.

‘When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband’s brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband’s brother;

Deuteronomy 25:7 (100.00%)

If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”

And if the man H376 like H2654 (8799) not to take H3947 (8800) his brother’s wife H2994, then let his brother’s wife H2994 go up H5927 (8804) to the gate H8179 unto the elders H2205, and say H559 (8804), My husband’s brother H2993 refuseth H3985 (8765) to raise up H6965 (8687) unto his brother H251 a name H8034 in Israel H3478, he will H14 (8804) not perform the duty of my husband’s brother H2992 (8763).

‘And if the man doth not delight to take his brother’s wife, then hath his brother’s wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband’s brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband’s brother;

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.