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 it is true that I am of thy next kin: howbeit, there is one nigher than I.
Genesis 38:8
Then said Judah unto Onan, go in to thy brother's wife and marry her, and stir up seed unto thy brother.
Deuteronomy 25:5
When brethren dwell together and one of them die and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not be given out unto a stranger: but her brother-in-law shall go in unto her and take her to wife and marry her.
Matthew 22:24
saying, "Master, Moses bade, if a man die having no children, that the brother marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Luke 20:28
saying, "Master, Moses wrote unto us, 'if any man's brother die having a wife; And the same die without issue: that then his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.'
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Leviticus 25:25
"'When thy brother is waxed poor and hath sold away of his possession: if any of his kin come to redeem it, he shall buy out that which his brother sold.