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They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man`s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
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The Sadducees are referencing a specific Old Testament law from Deuteronomy 25:5, known as Levirate marriage. Commentators explain that this law required a man's brother to marry his widow if he died childless. The first son born from this union would be considered the legal heir of the deceased brother, ensuring the continuation of his family line and inheritance.
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Reformed Baptist
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