Deuteronomy 25:8
Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying,“I don’t want to marry her,”
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- Ruth 4:6 : 6 The guardian said,“Then I am unable to redeem it, for I would ruin my own inheritance in that case. You may exercise my redemption option, for I am unable to redeem it.”
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- Deut 25:5-73 verses88%
5 Respect 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.
6 Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.
7 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!”
- Deut 25:9-102 verses80%
9 then 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!”
10 His family name will be referred to in Israel as“the family of the one whose sandal was removed.”
- Deut 22:13-208 verses74%
13 Purity in the Marriage Relationship Suppose a man marries a woman, sleeps with her, and then rejects her,
14 accusing 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!”
15 Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.
16 The young woman’s father must say to the elders,“I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.
17 Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying,‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out before the city’s elders.
18 The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him.
19 They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
20 But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,
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8 But 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!”
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16 Moral and Ceremonial Laws“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and goes to bed with her, he must surely pay the marriage price for her to be his wife.
17 If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins.
- Gen 24:37-393 verses71%
37 My 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,
38 but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’
39 But I said to my master,‘What if the woman does not want to go with me?’
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7 Or 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.”
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8 If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully with her.
9 If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.
10 If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one’s food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
11 If he does not provide her with these three things, then she will go out free, without paying money.
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1 If 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.
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2 Her father said,“I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!”
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14 If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her.
15 Laws 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.
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29 The man who has slept with her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife. Because he has humiliated her, he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
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11 and 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.
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16 However, if the servant says to you,“I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,
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5 The servant asked him,“What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
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8 All the leaders and people said to him,“Do not give in or agree to his demands.”
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25 Now 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.
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3 If 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,
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3 But his father and mother said to him,“Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines.” But Samson said to his father,“Get her for me, because she is the right one for me.”
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26 However, if he should say,‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.”
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26 If a man has no redeemer, but he prospers and gains enough for its redemption,
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23 If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and goes to bed with her,
24 you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.
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8 But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify the vow she has taken, and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the LORD will release her from it.
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30 You 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.
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28 He said to her,“Get up, let’s leave!” But there was no response. He put her on the donkey and went home.
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12 But she said to him,“No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing!
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41 You 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.’
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12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.
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22 When 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.’”
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10 and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father’s brothers;
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8 So the guardian said to Boaz,“You may acquire it,” and he removed his sandal.