Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
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Gill's Exposition
Then the elders of his city shall call him,.... Require him to come, before them, and declare his resolution, and the reasons for it; recite this law to him, and explain the nature of it, and exhort…
The law of levirate marriage. The law on this subject is not unique to the Jews, but is found (see Gen 38:8) in all essential respects the same among various Oriental nations, ancient and modern. The…
Here is, I. The law settled concerning the marrying of the brother's widow. It appears from the story of Judah's family that this had been an ancient usage (Gen 38:8), for the keeping up of distinct…
Cambridge Bible
This v. really continues the protasis of the cond. sentence which starts in Deu 25:25; the apodosis begins with Deu 25:25.