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A clothed woman stands outside a modest household near a covered grave.
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Deuteronomy 25:5

The Brother-in-Law’s Household Duty

Judge Justly and Remember the Journey · Deuteronomy 25

Story guide: The widow’s household setting introduces the duty owed when a brother dies without a son.

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5If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man 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 brother-in-law to her.

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