levirate in English

noun
1
a custom of the ancient Hebrews and other peoples by which a man may be obliged to marry his brother's widow.
levirate marriages

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1. What was the levirate marriage mentioned in the Mosaic Law?

2. (Genesis 38:8) The arrangement, later incorporated into the Mosaic Law, was known as brother-in-law, or levirate, marriage.

3. Para. 10 (d): Abolition of the practice of the levirate, whereby a widow is inherited by the deceased husband’s brothers and cousins (arts. 3, 16 and 23).

4. (Genesis 23:7-18) And Boaz asked ten elders of Bethlehem to sit at the city gate while, in their presence, he made arrangements for Ruth and her deceased husband’s inheritance, in compliance with the law regarding levirate marriage.