Deuteronomy 25:7
But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.
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Deuteronomy 25:7
But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.
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Deuteronomy 25:9
Then his brother's wife is to come to him, before the responsible men of the town, and take his shoe off his foot, and put shame on him, and say, So let it be done to the man who will not take care of his brother's name.
Genesis 38:8
Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.
Ruth 1:11
But Naomi said, Go back, my daughters; why will you come with me? Have I more sons in my body, to become your husbands?
Ruth 4:5
Then Boaz said, On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage.
Ruth 4:7
Now, in earlier times this was the way in Israel when property was taken over by a near relation, or when there was a change of owner. To make the exchange certain one man took off his shoe and gave it to the other; and this was a witness in Israel.
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Matthew 22:24
Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;
Matthew 22:25
Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;
Matthew 22:26
In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.
Matthew 22:27
And last of all the woman came to her end.
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Deuteronomy 21:19
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
Deuteronomy 22:15
Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:
Ruth 4:1
And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.
Job 5:4
Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
Isaiah 29:21
Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.
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