Deuteronomy 25:7
If 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.”Deuteronomy 25:7 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — પુનર્નિયમ ૨૫:૭
- પણ જો તે માણસ પોતાના મૃત્યુ પામેલા ભાઈની પત્નીને પોતાની પત્ની તરીકે રાખવા ઇચ્છતો ન હોય તો તેના ભાઈની પત્નીએ ગામના આગેવાનો સમક્ષ જઈને કહે કે, “મારા પતિનો ભાઈ તેના ભાઈનું નામ ઇઝરાયલમાં રાખવાનો ઇનકાર કરે છે; વળી તે મારા પ્રત્યે પતિના ભાઈની ફરજ બજાવવા ઇચ્છતો નથી.”
- हिन्दी — व्यवस्थाविवरण २५:७
- यदि उस स्त्री के पति के भाई को उससे विवाह करना न भाए, तो वह स्त्री नगर के फाटक पर वृद्ध लोगों के पास जाकर कहे, ‘मेरे पति के भाई ने अपने भाई का नाम इस्राएल में बनाए रखने से मना कर दिया है, और मुझसे पति के भाई का धर्म पालन करना नहीं चाहता।’
In context
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,”
9then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”
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