Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother
5 Matt. 22:24; Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28"If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside thefamily; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. 6 And it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears Gen. 38:9will succeed to the name of his dead brother, that Ruth 4:5, 10his name may not be blotted out of Israel. 7 But if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the Ruth 4:1, 2gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’ 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, Ruth 4:6‘I do not want to take her,’ 9 then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, Ruth 4:7, 8remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who will not Ruth 4:11build up his brother’s house.’ 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal removed.’