The law of levirate marriage is not unique to the Jews; it is found in all e ential respects the same among various Eastern nations, both ancient a…

Deuteronomy 25:5–10. LEVIRATE MARRIAGES.

If brethren dwell together. — This law is ma…

And his name shall be called in Israel
Not his particular and personal name, but his family; for it seems that not o…

The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.