Matthew Henry · Verses 5–12
The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.
Deuteronomy 25:5
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
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WEBBE
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
BSB
When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
KJV
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
ASV
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without 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.
BBE
If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.
Original Hebrew
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כִּי־
ki-
if
H3588
יֵשְׁבוּ
ye·she·vu
they will dwell
H3427
אַחִים
'a·chim
brothers
H251
יַחְדָּו
yach·dav
together
H3162
וּמֵת
u·met
and he will die
H4191
אַחַד
'a·chad
one
H259
מֵהֶם
me·hem
from (the) them
H9038
וּבֵן
u·ven
and a son
H1121
אֵין־
'ein-
not
H369
לוֹ
lo
[belongs] to (the) him
H9033
לֹא־
lo'-
not
H3808
תִהְיֶה
tih·yeh
she will belong
H1961
אֵשֶׁת־
'e·shet-
[the] wife of
H802
הַמֵּת
ha·met
the dead [man]
H4191
הַחוּצָה
ha·chu·tzah
the outside towards
H2351
לְאִישׁ
le·'ish
to a man
H376
זָר
zar
strange
H2114
יְבָמָהּ
ye·va·mah
husband's brother her
H2993
יָבֹא
ya·vo'
he will go
H935
עָלֶיהָ
'a·lei·ha
on her
H5921
וּלְקָחָהּ
u·le·ka·chah
and he will take her
H3947
לוֹ
lo
for (the) himself
H9033
לְאִשָּׁה
le·'i·shah
to a wife
H802
וְיִבְּמָהּ
ve·yi·be·mah
and he will act as a husband's brother for her
H2992
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