Ruth 4:5

Then Boaz said, "When you acquire the field from Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the wife of our deceased relative, in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property."

Genesis 38:8

Then Judah said to Onan, "Have sexual relations with your brother's wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother."

Deuteronomy 25:5-6

If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man's wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband's brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

Matthew 22:24

"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.'

Ruth 3:12-13

Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.

Luke 20:28

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

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Summary

Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

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Bible References

To raise up

Ruth 3:12
Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.
Genesis 38:8
Then Judah said to Onan, "Have sexual relations with your brother's wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother."
Deuteronomy 25:5
If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man's wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband's brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.
Matthew 22:24
"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.'
Luke 20:28
They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

General references

Leviticus 25:25
"'If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.

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