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Deuteronomy 25:5-10

If brethren
<0251>

dwell
<03427> (8799)

together
<03162>_,

and one
<0259>

of them die
<04191> (8804)_,

and have no child
<01121>_,

the wife
<0802>

of the dead
<04191> (8801)

shall not marry without
<02351>

unto a stranger
<0376> <02114> (8801)_:

her husband's brother
<02993>

shall go in
<0935> (8799)

unto her, and take
<03947> (8804)

her to him to wife
<0802>_,

and perform the duty of an husband's brother
<02992> (8762)

unto her. {her husband's...: or, her next kinsman}

And it shall be, [that] the firstborn
<01060>

which she beareth
<03205> (8799)

shall succeed
<06965> (8799)

in the name
<08034>

of his brother
<0251>

[which is] dead
<04191> (8801)_,

that his name
<08034>

be not put out
<04229> (8735)

of Israel
<03478>_.

And if the man
<0376>

like
<02654> (8799)

not to take
<03947> (8800)

his brother's wife
<02994>_,

then let his brother's wife
<02994>

go up
<05927> (8804)

to the gate
<08179>

unto the elders
<02205>_,

and say
<0559> (8804)_,

My husband's brother
<02993>

refuseth
<03985> (8765)

to raise up
<06965> (8687)

unto his brother
<0251>

a name
<08034>

in Israel
<03478>_,

he will
<014> (8804)

not perform the duty of my husband's brother
<02992> (8763)_.

{brother's: or, next kinsman's}

Then the elders
<02205>

of his city
<05892>

shall call
<07121> (8804)

him, and speak
<01696> (8765)

unto him: and [if] he stand
<05975> (8804)

[to it], and say
<0559> (8804)_,

I like
<02654> (8804)

not to take
<03947> (8800)

her;

Then shall his brother's wife
<02994>

come
<05066> (8738)

unto him in the presence
<05869>

of the elders
<02205>_,

and loose
<02502> (8804)

his shoe
<05275>

from off his foot
<07272>_,

and spit
<03417> (8804)

in his face
<06440>_,

and shall answer
<06030> (8804)

and say
<0559> (8804)_,

So shall it be done
<06213> (8735)

unto that man
<0376>

that will not build up
<01129> (8799)

his brother's
<0251>

house
<01004>_.

And his name
<08034>

shall be called
<07121> (8738)

in Israel
<03478>_,

The house
<01004>

of him that hath his shoe
<05275>

loosed
<02502> (8803)_.

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