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 your kinsman-redeemer. But there is also a kinsman nearer than I.
Genesis 38:8
And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to your brother.
Deuteronomy 25:5
If brothers live together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as a wife for himself, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to 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 to his brother.
Luke 20:28
saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If anyone's brother dies, having a wife, and if he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.
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Leviticus 25:25
If your brother has become poor, and has sold his property, and if any of his relatives comes to redeem it, then he shall redeem that which his brother sold.