Deuteronomy 25:6
It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.Deuteronomy 25:6 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — પુનર્નિયમ ૨૫:૬
- અને એમ થાય કે તેને જે પ્રથમજનિત જન્મે તે તે માણસનાં મૃત્યુ પામેલા ભાઈનું નામ પ્રાપ્ત કરે, જેથી તેનું નામ ઇઝરાયલમાંથી નષ્ટ ન થાય.
- हिन्दी — व्यवस्थाविवरण २५:६
- और जो पहला बेटा उस स्त्री से उत्पन्न हो वह उस मरे हुए भाई के नाम का ठहरे, जिससे कि उसका नाम इस्राएल में से मिट न जाए।
In context
4You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
5If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
6It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
7If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”
8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her,”
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