5When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.b 6The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
“The practice of levirate marriage... was not peculiar to Israel, for it was practiced among the Hittites and Assyrians as well as in countries such as India, Africa and South America.” (Thompson)
I’m a technical guy because that’s the way the Lord made me and that’s how I tend to look at the Bible. The Old Testament is chock full of lessons, Christophanies, (appearances of Jesus) men and women (sinners) used greatly by the Lord, sinful men and women that met destruction by the Lord and much more. I tend to study the Bible from cover to cover, book by book instead of jumping around but do so when referencing scriptures. If you think the OT is boring and not worth your time, your missing the bigger picture because the Lord wants you to study and understand the whole Bible.
The BIBLE: BASIC INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING EARTH.
Blessings
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