Deuteronomy 25:8

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Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists and says, 'I do not want to marry her,'

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  • Ruth 4:6 : 6 The kinsman-redeemer said, 'I cannot redeem it because it might jeopardize my own inheritance. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.'

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  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    88%

    5If brothers live together and one of them dies without a son, the dead man's wife must not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

    6The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name is not blotted out of Israel.

    7But if the man does not wish to marry his brother's widow, she shall go to the elders at the city gate and say, 'My brother-in-law is refusing to perform his duty to preserve his brother's name in Israel. He is unwilling to marry me.'

  • Deut 25:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9then his brother's widow shall approach him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and declare, 'This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother's family line.'

    10His family shall be known in Israel as 'The Family of the Unsandaled.'

  • Deut 22:13-20
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    74%

    13If a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and then turns against her,

    14accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

    15then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the elders at the gate of the town.

    16The father shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, and now he has turned against her.'

    17And now he has made false accusations against her, saying, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the city.

    18The elders of that city shall take the man and discipline him.

    19They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall remain his wife, and he can never divorce her as long as he lives.

    20But if the accusation is true and there is no proof of the young woman's virginity,

  • Gen 24:8
    73%

    8If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. But do not take my son back there."

  • Exod 22:16-17
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    72%

    16If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man must still pay the bride price for virgins.

    17Do not allow a sorceress to live.

  • Gen 24:37-39
    3 verses
    71%

    37My master made me swear an oath, saying, 'You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live.

    38Instead, you must go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

    39Then I said to my master, 'What if the woman does not come back with me?'

  • Deut 20:7
    70%

    7If anyone is engaged to a woman but has not yet married her, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another man marry her.

  • Exod 21:8-11
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    70%

    8If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He does not have the right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.

    9If he designates her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

    10If he takes another wife, he must not diminish her food, clothing, or marital rights.

    11If he does not provide these three things for her, she is to go free, without any payment.

  • Deut 24:1
    70%

    1If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

  • Judg 15:2
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    2Her father said, "I thought you completely hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Isn't her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead."

  • Deut 21:14-15
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    14But if you are not pleased with her, you must let her go wherever she wishes. You are not to sell her for money or treat her as a slave, because you have humiliated her.

    15If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife,

  • Deut 22:29
    68%

    29then the man who lay with her shall give fifty shekels of silver to the young woman’s father, and she shall become his wife. Because he has violated her, he can never divorce her as long as he lives.

  • Num 30:11
    68%

    11If a woman living in her husband's household makes a vow or takes an oath to bind herself by a pledge,

  • Deut 15:16
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    16But if they say to you, 'I will not leave you,' because they love you and your household and are well off with you,

  • Gen 24:5
    68%

    5The servant said to him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Should I then take your son back to the land you came from?"

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
    68%

    8The elders and all the people said to him, 'Do not listen to or agree to his demands.'

  • Matt 22:25
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    25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

  • Deut 24:3
    68%

    3If the second man also dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if the second man dies,

  • Judg 14:3
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    3But his father and mother said to him, 'Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives or among all our people, that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?' Yet Samson said to his father, 'Get her for me, because she is right in my eyes.'

  • 2 Sam 15:26
    68%

    26'But if He says, “I have no delight in you,” here I am—let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.'

  • Lev 25:26
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    26But if a man has no one to redeem it for him, and later he prospers and finds enough to redeem it,

  • Deut 22:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23If there is a young woman who is a virgin betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

    24then you shall bring both of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death: the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Num 30:8
    68%

    8and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, her vows or obligations she has made will stand.

  • Deut 28:30
    67%

    30You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.

  • Judg 19:28
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    28He said to her, "Get up, let us go." But there was no answer. So he put her on the donkey, and the man set out for home.

  • 2 Sam 13:12
    67%

    12She answered him, 'No, my brother! Don’t force me. Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don’t do this outrageous thing.'

  • Gen 24:41
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    41'You will be released from my oath if you go to my family and they refuse to give her to you. Then you will be free from my oath.'

  • Deut 19:12
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    12the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

  • Judg 21:22
    67%

    22'When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will say to them, "Do us a favor by allowing them to have these wives, for we did not obtain wives for them during the battle. And you did not give your daughters to them, so you are not guilty of breaking your oath."'

  • Num 27:10
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    10If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

  • Ruth 4:8
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    8So the kinsman-redeemer said to Boaz, 'Buy it yourself,' and he removed his sandal.