Deuteronomy 25:8
Then the elders of his city will summon him and speak to him. And if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not want to marry her,’
Ruth 4:6
The closest relative (redeemer) said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, because [by marrying a Moabitess] I would
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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;
I like not
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I like not
Ruth 4:6
The closest relative (redeemer) said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, because [by marrying a Moabitess] I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption (purchase) yourself, because I cannot redeem it.”
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Genesis 38:8
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.”
Luke 20:28
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.