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 the man like not to take his brother's wife
The provision here made by this law, when this was the case, is such…

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