If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
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Interpretation
The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.
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This thought runs through Deuteronomy 25:5-9.