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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Deuteronomy 25:6

4“You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing. 5“When brothers live together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband’s brother shall have relations with her and take her to himself as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. It shall then be that the firstborn to whom she gives birth shall assume the name of his father’s deceased brother, so that his name will not be wiped out from Israel. 7But if the man does not desire to take his brother’s widow, then his brother’s widow shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to establish a name for his brother in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’ 8Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he persists and says, ‘I do not desire 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

• It shall then be that the firstbornבְּכוֹרbekôr · firstbornH1060
• to whomאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• she givesיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• assumeקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• deceasedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• will not be wipedמָחָהmâchâh · to wipeH4229
• from Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:6

• Genesis 28:8So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;
• Deuteronomy 9:14Leave Me alone, that I may destroy them and wipe 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 wrath will burn against that person, and every curse that is written in this book will lie upon him, and the Lord will wipe out his name from under heaven.
• Ruth 4:10Furthermore, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be eliminated from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.”
• Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked; You have wiped out their name forever and ever.
• Psalms 109:13May his descendants be eliminated; May their name be wiped out in a following generation.
• Deuteronomy 21:19then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
• Ruth 4:1Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, the redeemer of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, “Come over here, friend, sit down here.” And he came over 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