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Deuteronomy 25:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Deuteronomy 25:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 and the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed to the name of the deceased brother, so that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.(A) 7 But if the man has no desire to marry his brother’s widow, then his brother’s widow shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’(B) 8 Then the elders of his town shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, ‘I have no desire to marry her,’(C)
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