Deuteronomy - 25:6 Meaning

“And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.”

King James Version (KJV)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

25:5-12 The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.

“And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.”

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