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'''Levirate marriage''' is [[marriage]] with a [[brother]]'s [[widow]].<ref>"Levirate marriage," from ''Jewish Encyclopedia'' [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=293&letter=L]</ref> Under [[Old Testament]] law, it was obligatory if brothers lived together and one of them died without issue, in which case the firstborn would legally be an heir of the deceased, unless the surviving brother underwent a ceremony to avoid the duty.<ref>Deuteronomy 25:5-10 [http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/popup.pl?book=Deu&chapter=25&verse=5&version=kjv#5]</ref>
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