Deuteronomy 25:5

כִּֽי ־ יֵשְׁבוּ אַחִים יַחְדָּו וּמֵת אַחַד מֵהֶם וּבֵן אֵֽין ־ לוֹ לֹֽא ־ תִהְיֶה אֵֽשֶׁת ־ הַמֵּת הַחוּצָה לְאִישׁ זָר יְבָמָהּ יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ וּלְקָחָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה וְיִבְּמָֽהּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4לֹא ־ תַחְסֹם שׁוֹר בְּדִישֽׁוֹ ׃ ס

6וְהָיָה הַבְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד יָקוּם עַל ־ שֵׁם אָחִיו הַמֵּת וְלֹֽא ־ יִמָּחֶה שְׁמוֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 38:9וַיֵּדַע אוֹנָן כִּי לֹּא לוֹ יִהְיֶה הַזָּרַע וְהָיָה אִם ־ בָּא אֶל ־ אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו וְשִׁחֵת אַרְצָה לְבִלְתִּי נְתָן ־ זֶרַע לְאָחִֽיו ׃

Ruth 3:9וַיֹּאמֶר מִי ־ אָתּ וַתֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי רוּת אֲמָתֶךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ כְנָפֶךָ עַל ־ אֲמָתְךָ כִּי גֹאֵל אָֽתָּה ׃

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:2-5

Stripes Not to Exceed Forty. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then… Read the whole commentary →

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