Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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Gill's Exposition
The second took her,.... To wife, married her, as the next eldest brother, by the above law was obliged to: and so the Jewish (l) canon upon it runs thus;
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Cambridge Bible
Moses wrote The Law concerning the Levirate marriage is found in Deu 25:5. It was ordained for the preservation of families, that if a man died without male issue, his brother should marry his widow,…