C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on Leviticus 18:16
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Leviticus18:16
Lev 18:16
Marriage with a brother’s wife was a sin against the brother’s nakedness, a sexual defilement, which God would punish with barrenness. This prohibition, however, only refers to cases in which the deceased brother had left children; for if he had died childless, the brother not only might, but was required to marry his sister-in-law (Deu 25:5).
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