Deuteronomy 25:6

Deuteronomy 25:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears will succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The first son she bears to him will be considered the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.

Context of Deuteronomy 25:6

4"You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain. 5"If 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 husband's brother to her. And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. 7And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.' 8Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, 'I do not wish to take her,'

Deuteronomy 25:6 word by word

וְהָיָ֗ה הַבְּכוֹר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּלֵ֔ד יָק֕וּם עַל־שֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו הַמֵּ֑ת וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שְׁמ֖וֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the firstbornבְּכוֹרbekôr · firstbornH1060
• which she bearethיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• shall succeedקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• in the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of his brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• be not put outמָחָהmâchâh · to wipeH4229
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:6

• Genesis 28:8So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,
• Deuteronomy 9:14Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
• Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
• Ruth 4:10Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day."
• Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
• Psalms 109:13May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
• Deuteronomy 21:19then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives,
• Ruth 4:1Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 The law of levirate marriage. The law on this subject is not unique to the Jews, but is found (see Genesis 38:8) in all essential respects the same among various Oriental nations, ancient and modern. The rules in these verses, like those upon divorce, do but incorporate existing immemorial usages, and introduce various wise and politic limitations and mitigations of them. The root of the obligation here imposed upon the brother of the deceased…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-105-10. the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother ... shall take her to him to wife--This usage existed before the age of Moses (Ge 38:8). But the Mosaic law rendered the custom obligatory (Mt 22:25) on younger brothers, or the nearest kinsman, to marry the widow (Ru 4:4), by associating the natural desire of perpetuating a brother's name with the preservation of property in the Hebrew families and tribes. If the…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 25:6

• Brother
• Inheritance
• Marriage
• Widow

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Beat
• Exceed
• Gate
• Hindmost
• Levirate Law
• Muzzle
• Stripe

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings