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Deuteronomy 25:8

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

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

In Context

7וְאִם ־ לֹא יַחְפֹּץ הָאִישׁ לָקַחַת אֶת ־ יְבִמְתּוֹ וְעָלְתָה יְבִמְתּוֹ הַשַּׁעְרָה אֶל ־ הַזְּקֵנִים וְאָֽמְרָה מֵאֵין יְבָמִי לְהָקִים לְאָחִיו שֵׁם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא אָבָה יַבְּמִֽי ׃

9וְנִגְּשָׁה יְבִמְתּוֹ אֵלָיו לְעֵינֵי הַזְּקֵנִים וְחָלְצָה נַעֲלוֹ מֵעַל רַגְלוֹ וְיָרְקָה בְּפָנָיו וְעָֽנְתָה וְאָמְרָה כָּכָה יֵעָשֶׂה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יִבְנֶה אֶת ־ בֵּית אָחִֽיו ׃

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Cross References

Ruth 4:6וַיֹּאמֶר הַגֹּאֵל לֹא אוּכַל לגאול ־ לִי פֶּן ־ אַשְׁחִית אֶת ־ נַחֲלָתִי גְּאַל ־ לְךָ אַתָּה אֶת ־ גְּאֻלָּתִי כִּי לֹא ־ אוּכַל לִגְאֹֽל ׃

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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