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Deuteronomy 25:5 | Matthew Henry's Commentary
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. — Deuteronomy 25:5
Source Coverage: Deuteronomy 25:5-12
The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.
The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.