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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> | '''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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Revision as of 19:12, August 27, 2007
Levirate marriage is marriage with a brother's widow.[1] 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.[2]