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…

Then the elders of his city shall call him
Require him to come, before them, and declare his resolution, and the rea…

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