Deuteronomy 25:8
וְקָֽרְאוּ ־ לוֹ זִקְנֵי ־ עִירוֹ וְדִבְּרוּ אֵלָיו וְעָמַד וְאָמַר לֹא חָפַצְתִּי לְקַחְתָּֽהּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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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 →