Deuteronomy - 25:6 Meaning

“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.”

King James Version (KJV)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

25:5-12 The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.

“And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.”

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