Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
To raise up
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Bible References
To raise up
Ruth 3:12
And now it is true that I am thy redeemer; however, there is another redeemer nearer than I (in kinship).
Genesis 38:8
Then Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife and marry her and raise up seed to thy brother.
Deuteronomy 25:5
When brethren dwell together and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside unto a stranger; her husband's brother shall go in unto her and take her to him to wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.
Matthew 22:24
saying, Master, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.
Luke 20:28
saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.
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Leviticus 25:25
If thy brother becomes poor and has sold away some of his possession, his redeemer shall come, his closest kinsman, and shall redeem that which his brother sold.