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Deuteronomy 25:6
“It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 25
You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out [the grain].
If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
If the man doesn't want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, "My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand, and say, "I don't want to take her;
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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