Deuteronomy 25:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ruth 4:1-2 : 1 And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated. 2 Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.
  • Ruth 4:5-6 : 5 Then Boaz said, On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage. 6 And the near relation said, I am not able to do the relation's part, for fear of damaging the heritage I have: you may do it in my place, for I am not able to do it myself.

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  • Deut 25:8-9
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    8 Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;

    9 Then his brother's wife is to come to him, before the responsible men of the town, and take his shoe off his foot, and put shame on him, and say, So let it be done to the man who will not take care of his brother's name.

  • Deut 25:5-6
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    5 If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.

    6 Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.

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    24 Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;

    25 Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

    26 In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.

  • 21 And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.

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    19 Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.

    20 There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

    21 And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:

  • Gen 38:8-9
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    8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

    9 But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.

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    28 Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother.

    29 Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

    30 And the second;

  • Num 27:9-11
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    9 And if he has no daughter, then give his heritage to his brothers.

    10 And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage to his father's brothers.

    11 And if his father has no brothers, then give it to his nearest relation in the family, as his heritage: this is to be a decision made by law for the children of Israel, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • Exod 21:9-11
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    9 And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

    10 And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

    11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

  • 7 Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.

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    13 If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,

    14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

    15 Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:

    16 And let the girl's father say to the responsible men, I gave my daughter to this man for his wife, but he has no love for her;

  • Deut 24:1-3
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    1 If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

    2 And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

    3 And if the second husband has no love for her and, giving her a statement in writing, sends her away; or if death comes to the second husband to whom she was married;

  • Gen 24:37-38
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    37 And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

    38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • 8 And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

  • 7 And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

  • 15 If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:

  • 17 If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.

  • Lev 25:25-26
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    25 If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation may come and get back that which his brother has given up.

    26 And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;

  • 22 And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.

  • 16 You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

  • 7 What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.

  • 13 By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

  • 30 You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

  • 1 If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.

  • 41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

  • 11 If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,