Ruth 3:12-13
3:12 Now yes, it is true that
I am a guardian,
but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.
3:13 Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you,
fine,
let him do so.
But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the
Lord lives, to marry you.
Sleep here until morning.”
Genesis 38:8
38:8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Have sexual relations with your brother’s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother.”
Deuteronomy 25:5-6
Respect for the Sanctity of Others
25:5 If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man’s wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband’s brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.
25:6 Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.
Matthew 22:24
22:24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘
If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.’
Luke 20:28
20:28 They asked him,
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that
if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but
no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.