Deuteronomy 25:7

וְאִם ־ לֹא יַחְפֹּץ הָאִישׁ לָקַחַת אֶת ־ יְבִמְתּוֹ וְעָלְתָה יְבִמְתּוֹ הַשַּׁעְרָה אֶל ־ הַזְּקֵנִים וְאָֽמְרָה מֵאֵין יְבָמִי לְהָקִים לְאָחִיו שֵׁם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא אָבָה יַבְּמִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.

In Context

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

8וְקָֽרְאוּ ־ לוֹ זִקְנֵי ־ עִירוֹ וְדִבְּרוּ אֵלָיו וְעָמַד וְאָמַר לֹא חָפַצְתִּי לְקַחְתָּֽהּ ׃

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Cross References

Ruth 4:2וַיִּקַּח עֲשָׂרָה אֲנָשִׁים מִזִּקְנֵי הָעִיר וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁבוּ ־ פֹה וַיֵּשֵֽׁבוּ ׃

Ruth 4:11וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל ־ הָעָם אֲשֶׁר ־ בַּשַּׁעַר וְהַזְּקֵנִים עֵדִים יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֶֽת ־ הָאִשָּׁה הַבָּאָה אֶל ־ בֵּיתֶךָ כְּרָחֵל ׀ וּכְלֵאָה אֲשֶׁר בָּנוּ שְׁתֵּיהֶם אֶת ־ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וַעֲשֵׂה ־ חַיִל בְּאֶפְרָתָה וּקְרָא ־ שֵׁם בְּבֵית לָֽחֶם ׃

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:6-13

Marriage of a Brother's Wife. ( b. c. 1451.) 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 a husband's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let… Read the whole commentary →

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