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If brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, his wife shall not be married outside the family to a stranger [an excluded man]. 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.

And the firstborn son shall succeed to the name of the dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.

And if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuses to continue his brother’s name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.

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If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.(A) The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.(B)

However, if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife,(C) she shall go to the elders at the town gate(D) and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”(E)

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Căsătoria între cumnat şi cumnată

Când fraţii vor locui împreună şi unul din ei va muri fără să lase copii, nevasta mortului să nu se mărite afară cu un străin, ci cumnatul ei să se ducă la ea, s-o ia de nevastă şi să se însoare cu ea ca cumnat. Întâiul născut, pe care-l va naşte, să moştenească(A) pe fratele cel mort şi să-i poarte numele, pentru ca numele acesta să nu(B) fie şters din Israel. Dacă omul acesta nu vrea să ia pe cumnată-sa, ea să se suie la poarta(C) cetăţii, la bătrâni, şi să spună: ‘Cumnatul meu nu vrea să ridice în Israel numele fratelui său, nu vrea să mă ia de nevastă după dreptul de cumnat.’

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