Deuteronomy 25:5 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband`s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband`s brother unto her.

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Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

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…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Deuteronomy 25:5–10. LEVIRATE MARRIAGES.

If brethren dwell together. — This law is ma…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

The text says, If brethren dwell together, and one of them die. This law has some similarity with that which permits a betrothed man to re…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

If brethren dwell together
Not only in the same country, province, town, or city, but in the same house; those who h…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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

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