Deuteronomy 25:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

The first-born

Genesis 28:8

That his name

Psalm 109:13

General references

Genesis 38:8

Matthew 14:4

Luke 20:28

Bible References

The first-born

So Esau realized that [his two wives] the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father;

That his name

Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

the Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him; the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife to restore the name of the deceased to his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his birthplace. You are witnesses today.”

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked and unrepentant;
You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

Let his descendants be cut off,
And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.

General references

Then Judah told Onan, “Go in to your brother’s widow, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law [under the levirate marriage custom]; [be her husband and] raise children for [the name of] your brother.”

for John had said to him, “It is not lawful (morally right) for you to have her [living with you as your wife].”

and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law that] if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife and no children, his brother should

marry the wife and raise children for his brother.