rsv Deuteronomy:25:5-10 SEEK
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If brothers dwell together ,
and one of them dies and has no son ,
the wife of the dead shall not be married outside the family to a stranger ;
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 .
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And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his brother who is dead ,
that his name may not be blotted out of Israel .
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And if the man does not wish to take his brother '
s wife ,
then his brother '
s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders ,
and say , `
My husband '
s brother refuses to perpetuate his brother '
s name in Israel ;
he will not perform the duty of a husband '
s brother to me .'
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Then the elders of his city shall call him ,
and speak to him :
and if he persists ,
saying , `
I do not wish to take her ,'
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then his brother '
s wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders ,
and pull his sandal off his foot ,
and spit in his face ;
and she shall answer and say , `
So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother '
s house .'
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And the name of his house shall be called in Israel ,
The house of him that had his sandal pulled off .