Genesis 38:8
"And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother."
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- Deuteronomy 25:5
"If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 22:23
"The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,"
Read in chapter → - Ruth 1:11
"And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?"
Read in chapter → - Ruth 4:5
"Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance."
Read in chapter → - Leviticus 18:16
"Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 36:8
"And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers."
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