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Deuteronomy 25:5
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)

🌐 Deuteronomy 25:5 in 8 Translations

King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Wenn Brüder beisammen wohnen, und einer von ihnen stirbt und hat keinen Sohn, so soll das Weib des Verstorbenen nicht auswärts eines fremden Mannes werden; ihr Schwager soll zu ihr eingehen und sie sich zum Weibe nehmen und ihr die Schwagerpflicht leisten.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Cuando hermanos estuvieren juntos, y muriere alguno de ellos, y no tuviere hijo, la mujer del muerto no se casará fuera con hombre extraño: su cuñado entrará á ella, y la tomará por su mujer, y hará con ella parentesco.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Quando irmãos estiverem juntos, e morrer algum deles, e não tiver filho, a mulher do morto não se casará fora com homem estranho: seu cunhado entrará a ela, e a tomará por sua mulher, e fará com ela parentesco.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Se irmãos morarem juntos, e um deles morrer sem ter nenhum filho, então, a esposa do homem morto não poderá se casar com nenhum outro fora da família. Em vez disso, o irmão de seu marido dormirá com ela e a terá pra si como esposa, e fará cumprir seu dever de irmão do marido para com ela.

📖 Deuteronomy 25:5 in Context

3Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
5If 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.
6And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
7And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
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