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A modestly clothed mother safely cradles a swaddled infant in household shade.
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Deuteronomy 25:6

A Name Continued in Israel

Judge Justly and Remember the Journey · Deuteronomy 25

Story guide: A mother holds her infant as the law provides for the firstborn to continue the dead brother’s name.

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6And it shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall rise up in the name of his dead brother, so that his name may not be blotted out from Israel.

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