Deuteronomy 25:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then the Elders of his citie shall call him, and commune with him: if he stand and say, I wil not take her,

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  • Ruth 4:6 : 6 And the kinsman answered, I can not redeeme it, lest I destroy mine owne inheritance: redeeme my right to thee, for I can not redeeme it.

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  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    88%

    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye & haue no sonne, the wife of the dead shall not marry without: that is, vnto a stranger, but his kinseman shall goe in vnto her, and take her to wife, and doe the kinsemans office to her.

    6And the first borne which she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

    7And if the man will not take his kinsewoman, then let his kinsewoman goe vp to the gate vnto the Elders, and say, My kinsman refuseth to rayse vp vnto his brother a name in Israel: hee will not doe the office of a kinsman vnto me.

  • Deut 25:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9Then shall his kinswoman come vnto him in the presence of the Elders, and loose his shooe from his foote, and spit in his face, and answere, and say, So shall it be done vnto that man, that will not buylde vp his brothers house.

    10And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him whose shooe is put off.

  • Deut 22:13-20
    8 verses
    74%

    13If a man take a wife, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her,

    14And laye slaunderous thinges vnto her charge, and bring vp an euill name vpon her, and say, I tooke this wife, and when I came to her, I found her not a mayde,

    15Then shal the father of the mayde and her mother take and bring the signes of the maydes virginitie vnto the Elders of the citie to the gate.

    16And the maydes father shall say vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife, and he hateth her:

    17And lo, he layeth slaunderous things vnto her charge, saying, I founde not thy daughter a mayde: loe, these are the tokens of my daughters virginitie: and they shal spreade the vesture before the Elders of the citie.

    18Then the Elders of the citie shal take that man and chastise him,

    19And shall condemne him in an hundreth shekels of siluer, & giue them vnto the father of the mayde, because he hath brought vp an euill name vpon a mayde of Israel: and she shalbe his wife, and he may not put her away all his life.

    20But if this thing be true, that the mayde be not found a virgine,

  • Gen 24:8
    73%

    8Neuertheles if the woman wil not followe thee, then shalt thou bee discharged of this mine othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16And if a man entise a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, hee shall endowe her, and take her to his wife.

    17If her father refuse to giue her to him, hee shal pay money, according to ye dowry of virgins.

  • Gen 24:37-39
    3 verses
    71%

    37Now my master made me sweare, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

    38But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.

    39Then I saide vnto my master, What if the woman will not followe me?

  • Deut 20:7
    70%

    7And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and another man take her.

  • Exod 21:8-11
    4 verses
    70%

    8If shee please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him selfe, then shall hee cause to buy her: hee shall haue no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he despised her.

    9But if he hath betrothed her vnto his sonne, he shal deale with her according to the custome of the daughters.

    10If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her foode, her rayment, and recompence of her virginitie.

    11And if he do not these three vnto her, the shall she go out free, paying no money.

  • Deut 24:1
    70%

    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Judg 15:2
    69%

    2And her father sayde, I thought that thou hadst hated her: therefore gaue I her to thy companion. Is not her yonger sister fayrer then shee? take her, I pray thee, in stead of the other.

  • Deut 21:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14And if thou haue no fauour vnto her, then thou mayest let her go whither she will, but thou shalt not sell her for money, nor make marchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

    15If a man haue two wiues, one loued and another hated, and they haue borne him children, both the loued and also the hated: if the first borne be the sonne of the hated,

  • Deut 22:29
    68%

    29Then the man that lay with her, shall giue vnto the maydes father fiftie shekels of siluer: and she shalbe his wife, because he hath humbled her: he can not put her away all his life.

  • Num 30:11
    68%

    11(30:12) And her husband hath heard it, and helde his peace cocerning her, not disalowing her, then all her vowes shall stand, and euery bond, wherewith she bound her selfe, shall stand in effect.

  • Deut 15:16
    68%

    16And if he say vnto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loueth thee & thine house, and because he is well with thee,

  • Gen 24:5
    68%

    5And the seruant saide to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? Shall I bring thy sonne againe vnto the lande from whence thou camest?

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
    68%

    8And all the Elders, and all the people sayd to him, Hearken not vnto him, nor consent.

  • Matt 22:25
    68%

    25Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.

  • Deut 24:3
    68%

    3And if the latter husband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife:

  • Judg 14:3
    68%

    3Then his father and his mother sayde vnto him, Is there neuer a wife among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, that thou must go to take a wife of the vncircumcised Philistims? And Samson sayd vnto his father, Giue mee her, for she pleaseth me wel.

  • 2 Sam 15:26
    68%

    26But if he thus say, I haue no delite in thee, behold, here am I, let him doe to me as seemeth good in his eyes.

  • Lev 25:26
    68%

    26And if he haue no redeemer, but hath gotten and founde to bye it out,

  • Deut 22:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23If a maid be betrothed vnto an husband, & a man finde her in the towne & lye with her,

    24Then shall yee bring them both out vnto the gates of the same citie, and shall stone them with stones to death: the mayde because she cried not, being in the citie, & the man, because he hath humbled his neighbours wife: so thou shalt put away euill from among you.

  • Num 30:8
    68%

    8(30:9) But if her husbande disalow her the same day that hee heareth it, then shall hee make her vowe which shee hath made, and that that shee hath pronounced with her lips, wherewith shee bound her selfe, of none effect: and the Lorde will forgiue her.

  • Deut 28:30
    67%

    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.

  • Judg 19:28
    67%

    28And hee said vnto her, Vp and let vs goe: but shee answered not. Then he tooke her vp vpon the asse, and the man rose vp, and went vnto his place.

  • 2 Sam 13:12
    67%

    12But shee answered him, Nay, my brother, doe not force me: for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: commit not this follie.

  • Gen 24:41
    67%

    41Then shalt thou be discharged of mine othe, when thou commest to my kinred: and if they giue thee not one, thou shalt be free from mine othe.

  • Deut 19:12
    67%

    12Then the Elders of his citie shal send and set him thence, and deliuer him into the hands of the auenger of the blood, that he may die.

  • Judg 21:22
    67%

    22And when their fathers or their brethren come vnto vs to complaine, we wil say vnto them, Haue pitie on them for our sakes, because we reserued not to eche man his wife in the warre, and because ye haue not giuen vnto them hitherto, ye haue sinned.

  • Num 27:10
    67%

    10And if he haue no brethren, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his fathers brethren.

  • Ruth 4:8
    67%

    8Therefore the kinsman sayd to Boas, Buy it for thee: and he drew off his shooe.