Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the first son from her, he shall call by his brother’s name, so that his name will not be abolished from Israel. "
— Deuteronomy 25:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel. ”
“It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.”
“Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.”
“And the first son he shall have of her he shall call by his name, that his name be not abolished out of Israel.”
“Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.”
“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.”
Even so, these shall not exceed the number of forty. Otherwise, your brother may depart, having been wounded shamefully before your eyes.
You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out your crops in the field.
When brothers are living together, and one of them dies without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry another. Instead, his brother shall take her, and he shall raise up offspring for his brother.
And the first son from her, he shall call by his brother’s name, so that his name will not be abolished from Israel.
But if he is not willing to take his brother’s wife, who by law must go to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and she shall call upon those greater by birth, and she shall say: ‘The brother of my husband is not willing to raise up his brother’s name in Israel; nor will he join with me.’
And immediately, they shall summon him to be sent, and they shall question him. If he responds, ‘I am not willing to accept her as a wife,’
then the woman shall approach him in the sight of the elders, and she shall remove his shoe from his foot, and she shall spit in his face, and she shall say: ‘So shall it be done to the man who was not willing to build up his brother’s house.’