Deuteronomy 25:6 meaning and explanation
The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
Deuteronomy 25:6, Berean Standard Bible
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In ancient Israel a family's name and inheritance depended on a living heir. Moses here sets out the levirate duty: when a married man died childless, his brother was to marry the widow, and the first son would be counted as the dead man's son.
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