Levirate Marriage

`When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother; — read the full passage →

And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, `Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;' and he turneth aside and sitteth down. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his brethren, and turneth aside unto a man, an Adullamite, whose name <FI>is<Fi> Hirah; — read the full passage →

`When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother; — read the full passage →

`And a man who taketh his brother's wife--it <FI>is<Fi> impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.

`When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer, — read the full passage →

And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

And Naomi saith to her daughter-in-law, `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> he of Jehovah who hath not forsaken His kindness with the living and with the dead;' and Naomi saith to her, `The man is a relation of ours; he <FI>is<Fi> of our redeemers.'

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God.

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house, — read the full passage →

and Onan knoweth that the seed is not <FI>reckoned<Fi> his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed <FI>it<Fi> to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them. — read the full passage →

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: `Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness, For near <FI>is<Fi> My salvation to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.' — read the full passage →

Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more <FI>are<Fi> the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

And David fleeth from Naioth in Ramah, and cometh, and saith before Jonathan, `What have I done? what <FI>is<Fi> mine iniquity? and what my sin before thy father, that he is seeking my life?' — read the full passage →

And Saul speaketh unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, to put David to death, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

And he sendeth, and bringeth him in, and he <FI>is<Fi> ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and of good appearance; and Jehovah saith, `Rise, anoint him, for this <FI>is<Fi> he.'

And Saul saith unto Samuel, `Because--I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and I go in the way which Jehovah hath sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted; — read the full passage →

And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,

`One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah;

And Joseph hath been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners, an Egyptian man, buyeth him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites who have brought him thither. — read the full passage →

And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none--I die.'

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive <FI> it<Fi> --let him receive.'

And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him, — read the full passage →

And Shephatiah son of Mattan, and Gedaliah son of Pashhur, and Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah, hear the words that Jeremiah is speaking unto all the people, saying, — read the full passage →

I have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices <FI>Are<Fi> for a pleasing thing on Mine altar, For My house, `A house of prayer,' Is called for all the peoples.

I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself;

And Jonathan saith unto David, `Jehovah, God of Israel--when I search my father, about <FI>this<Fi> time to-morrow <FI>or<Fi> the third <FI>day<Fi> , and lo, good <FI>is<Fi> towards David, and I do not then send unto thee, and have uncovered thine ear-- — read the full passage →