But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, then she must go to the elders at the town gate and say,“My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!”
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8Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying,“I don’t want to marry her,”
9then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond,“Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother’s family line!”
5Respect for the Sanctity of Others 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.
6Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.
24“Teacher, Moses said,‘If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.’
25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.
26The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh.
21If a man has marital relations with his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; they will be childless.
19“Teacher, Moses wrote for us:‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.’
20There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.
21The second married her and died without any children, and likewise the third.
8Then Judah said to Onan,“Sleep 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.”
9But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he wasted his emission on the ground so as not to give his brother a descendant.
28They 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.
29Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.
30The second
9and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers;
10and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father’s brothers;
11and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, as the LORD commanded Moses.’”
9If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.
10If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one’s food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
11If he does not provide her with these three things, then she will go out free, without paying money.
7Or who among you has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her.”
13Purity in the Marriage Relationship Suppose a man marries a woman, sleeps with her, and then rejects her,
14accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”
15Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.
16The young woman’s father must say to the elders,“I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.
1If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.
2When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife.
3If the second husband rejects her and then divorces her, gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies,
37My master made me swear an oath. He said,‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’
8But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”
7Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying,‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”
15Laws Concerning Children Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.
17If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins.
25“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.
26If a man has no redeemer, but he prospers and gains enough for its redemption,
22When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we’ll say to them,“Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don’t worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.’”
16You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.
7How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the LORD’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”
13and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–
30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.
1Laws Concerning Preservation of Life When you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.
41You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’
11and her husband heard about it, but remained silent about her, and did not overrule her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation which she pledged for herself will stand.